Ursa Minor Dwarf

DWARF GALAXY · the fossil

DISTANCE about 200,000 light yearsSTARS almost all ancient

A satellite galaxy that essentially stopped forming stars more than ten billion years ago and has coasted unchanged ever since: a living fossil from the universe's childhood. Studying its ancient stars is like reading a diary that was sealed before the Sun existed.

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