Astronomers explain origin of elusive ultradiffuse galaxies
Published Date: 9/6/2021
Source: phys.org
As their name suggests, ultradiffuse galaxies, or UDGs, are dwarf galaxies whose stars are spread out over a vast region, resulting in extremely low surface brightness, making them very difficult to detect. Several questions about UDGs remain unanswered: How did these dwarfs end up so extended? Are their dark matter halos—the halos of invisible matter surrounding the galaxies—special?