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Nearby dwarf galaxy Sextans A explains why.
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Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
The map, published Jan. 26 in the journal Nature Astronomy, is the largest of its kind revealing nearly 800,000 galaxies in the constellation Sextans.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
The ApJ study examined the spectra, or light signatures, of half a dozen stars in Sextans A, which is near our home Milky Way galaxy.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2026
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Big Think, 11 Feb. 2026
The map, published Jan. 26 in the journal Nature Astronomy, is the largest of its kind revealing nearly 800,000 galaxies in the constellation Sextans.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
The ApJ study examined the spectra, or light signatures, of half a dozen stars in Sextans A, which is near our home Milky Way galaxy.
—Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Sextans.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sextans. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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