Tiny but mighty galaxy helped clear cosmic fog (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tiny but mighty galaxy helped clear cosmic fog

Caption

One of the most interesting galaxies of the study, dubbed 41028 (the green oval at center), has an estimated stellar mass of just 2 million Suns — comparable to the masses of the largest star clusters in our own Milky Way galaxy.

Credit

NASA/ESA/CSA/Bezanson et al. 2024 and Wold et al. 2025

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