Dozens of new ultra-diffuse galaxies discovered in Abell 2744
Wednesday, January 4, 2017 - 09:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Astronomers have found a total of 76 new ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) in the massive galaxy cluster designated Abell 2744 (also known as Pandora's Cluster). The discovery updates the current census of galaxies in this cluster and could help better understand the nature of UDGs in general. The findings were presented in a paper published Dec. 30 on arXiv.org.