It started when Segue Institute for Learning was having a hard time hiring teachers. “We were like, ‘Wait a minute, we can’t find educators that we think should be in front of our kids,’” said Angelo ...

Scientists have found the darkest known galaxy, a treasure trove of around 1,000 ancient, small and dim stars located just outside the Milky Way. The dwarf galaxy - Segue 1 - is mostly an enormous ...

The Segue 1, referred to as the "least chemically evolved galaxy known," could hint at the universe's very first stars, according to researchers who recently studied the tiny galaxy. Among all known ...

Sometimes big things come in small packages, or so the saying goes. Such is the case with Segue 2, the name of a tiny galaxy near our own that is being called the "most lightweight" ever discovered.

The question is a throwback to the ancient Greeks, who first came up with the notion that everything is composed of tiny atoms. Yet here we sit, still asking that question. When our telescopes survey ...

Astronomers have discovered a galaxy harboring more dark matter than any seen before. The galaxy is a small group of about 1,000 small, dim stars just outside the Milky Way called Segue 1. But while ...