{
  "id": 12719440,
  "title": "Undergraduate student may have solved puzzle regarding isolated galaxies that have stopped producing stars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/undergraduate-student-may-have-solved-puzzle-regarding-isolated",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T21:20:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-undergraduate-student-puzzle-isolated-galaxies.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An undergraduate astrophysics student at UC Berkeley has found three unusual galaxies—cataloged as Shapiro Dwarf Galaxies I, II and III. Each galaxy is far from other galaxies and has stopped making stars, a combination that is extremely rare. The discovery, published in The Astrophysical Journal, provides compelling observational evidence of a long-held astronomical theory.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}