15/03/2022
Using ESA's Gaia space observatory, astronomers have explored the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy. They discovered that this galaxy has an extended stellar halo, spanning more than 17,000 light years. The finding was detailed in a paper published March 3 on the arXiv pre-print repository.
Citation: Yanbin Yang et al, An extended stellar halo discovered in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal using Gaia EDR3.
arXiv:2203.01953v1 [astro-ph.GA], arxiv.org/abs/2203.01953
