Space Daily September 16, 2026 • 02:30

Hubble found a narrow ribbon of stars apparently stripped from a globular cluster in a galaxy 115 million light-years away—the first evidence of such a stream beyond the Milky Way, opening a new way to map dark matter in distant galaxies. - Space Daily

Hubble and CFHT imaging reveal a probable globular-cluster stream around UGC 9050-Dw1, demonstrating a new dark-matter probe while leaving substantial model uncertainty.

A narrow ribbon beside an ultra-diffuse galaxy has become the strongest evidence yet for a globular cluster stellar stream beyond the Milky Way. The feature appears in deep Hubble images of UGC 9050-… [+8606 chars]

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Hubble found a narrow ribbon of stars apparently stripped from a globular cluster in a galaxy 115 million light-years away—the first evidence of such a stream beyond the Milky Way, opening a new way to map dark matter in distant galaxies. - Space Daily

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