BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Carina Dwarf Galaxy

DWARF GALAXY · the one with chapters
Carina Dwarf Galaxy
AI illustration of the real object
DISTANCE about 330,000 light yearsSPECIAL several bursts of starbirth

Most dwarf galaxies formed their stars once and retired; the Carina dwarf did it in several distinct episodes separated by billions of quiet years, leaving generations of stars layered like rings in a tree trunk. What repeatedly reignited it, perhaps close passes by the Milky Way, is part of its charm and its mystery.

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