Astronomers discover Little Lion galaxy

Q.  Which galaxy is faint blue in colour, 30m light years away from earth that could contribute to conditions at the birth of the universe?
- Published on 16 May 16

a. Little Lion
b. Leoncino
c. Exconcino
d. Both a and b
e. All the above

ANSWER: Both a and b
 
Astronomers have discovered a faint blue galaxy close to 30 million light years away from earth that could shed new light regarding the universe’s birth
  • Galaxy has been nicknamed Leoncino or Little Lion because it isolated in the constellation Leo Minor
  • The lowest level of heavy chemical elements or metals ever observed in a gravitationally bound system of stars was observed in Little Lion
  • Finding the most metal poor galaxy is exciting because it could contribute to a quantitative test of the Big Bang.
  • Leoncino is considered a member of the local universe, a region of space within 1 billion light years away from earth and containing several million galaxies of which only a small portion has been catalogued

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