Dark Energy Survey Reveals 8 Dwarf Galaxies Orbiting The Milky Way

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The Dark Energy Survey has mapped one-eighth of the sky (red shaded region) using the Dark Energy Camera on the Blanco telescope. Now, researchers have spotted eight new dwarf galaxies. Illustration: Dark Energy Survey Collaboration.

Spotting the faintest objects in the sky is a job for one of the most powerful digital cameras. Fortunately, scientists working on the Dark Energy Survey (DES) have access to one. As if showing off its superior star-spotting abilities, it has found eight new incredibly faint objects in the sky. These objects, despite their unremarkable appearance, could be valuable tools for scientists to study dark matter.