An international team of researchers led by Aaron Romanowsky of San Jose State University has used the Subaru Telescope to identify a faint Dwarf Galaxy Disrupting around a nearby Giant Spiral Galaxy. The observations provide a valuable glimpse of a process that is fleeting but important in shaping galaxies. The giant spiral galaxy NGC 253 (shown in color) is accompanied by a newly discovered  dwarf galaxy, NGC 253-dw2 (at upper...

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