Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the unusual star-forming timeline of dwarf galaxy Leo P. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Kristen McQuinn Most small galaxies that stopped making ...

Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers to better understand star formation and how a galaxy grows. Scientists have reported finding that ...

This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows a portion of the Leo P dwarf galaxy (stars at lower right represented in blue). Leo P is a star-forming galaxy located about 5 million ...

The striking blue stars of the Leo P dwarf galaxy appear dashed across the lower right corner of this image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ...

McQuinn and other members of the research team studied Leo P through NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a space-based apparatus that features a large, segmented mirror and an expansive sunshield ...

Leo P. McIsaac was born in 1922, on a mixed farm in Cherry Valley where he was raised and remained until he was 19 years old. This early exposure to rural farm life instilled in Leo the value of hard ...