WLM Galaxy: a Cosmic Living Fossil

Dim and isolated, the dwarf irregular galaxy Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) could be described as an astronomical “living fossil” as it seems to have developed without ever interacting with any other galaxy since it formed billions of years ago. First observed in 1909, the WLM galaxy is part of the Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 9 yearsMarch 29, 2016 ago

Telescopes and Observatories

JWST: A Giant Cyclops to Reveal the Depths of Space

While HST’s successor is named after the architect of the revolutionary Apollo Moon missions, an obvious tribute to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s second administrator, James E. Webb, the name given is perhaps also symbolic of the aspirations of all those involved in the project, that with the telescope’s Read more…

By Armagh Observatory and Planetarium, 11 yearsJune 10, 2014 ago

galactic assembly

WLM Galaxy: a Cosmic Living Fossil

JWST: A Giant Cyclops to Reveal the Depths of Space