# The Hunt for Dwarf Galaxies’ Ancestors January 12, 2016 - [ News ](/news-categories/news) "Dwarf galaxies are typically very faint, and are therefore hard to find. Given that, what are our chances of finding their distant ancestors, located billions of light-years away? A recent study aims to find out." Read More: Anna Patej and Abraham Loeb 2015 *ApJ* **815** L28. [doi:10.1088/2041-8205/815/2/L28](http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/815/2/L28) See also:- [ Faculty ](/announcements/faculty) - [ Graduate Student ](/announcements/graduate-student) - [ 2016 ](/news-date/2016) - [ January ](/news-date/january-2) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)