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The research scientists at the Indiana University recently discovered a blue dwarf galaxy called as Leoncino or Little Lion containing few metal elements inside it. The researchers claimed that the newly found galaxy would open doors to the find out more information about the Big Bang theory.

Science World reported that the Little Lion galaxy is situated millions of light years away from the Earth and consists of around 29 percent of metal particles. The presence of such small amount of metals has earned it the status of the lowest metal galaxy, which contains properties similar to that of the start of the universe. It is also being considered as the tool to study more about the Big Bang theory and thus help scientists to study the surroundings after the formation of the universe.

"The currently accepted theory about how the universe began provides clear predictions about the amount of helium and hydrogen present during the Big Bang, and the ratio of these atoms in metal-poor galaxies provides a direct test of the model," said the research scientists, as reported by Modern Readers.

Further, the author of the recent findings, Professor John J. Salzer, revealed how the new galaxy will help the scientists to discover more details about the Big Bang theory. According to the professor, the low-metal content galaxy has the potential to retain the exact same chemical makeup and will thus help the scientists to test the universe formation theory in great detail.

"Finding the most metal-poor galaxy ever is exciting since it could help contribute to a quantitative test of the Big Bang," said John, as reported by Gizmag. "There are relatively few ways to explore conditions at the birth of the universe, but low-metal galaxies are among the most promising."

In the meantime, few reports claim the process by which the research scientists were able to find out the low metal presence on the dwarf galaxy. "Astronomers were able to determine the galaxy's low metal content by bringing to bear a pair of spectrographs mounted on two Arizona-based instruments, the Mayall 4-meter telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory, and the Multiple Mirror Telescope, located at the Mount Hopkins summit," reported Science Recorder.

In addition to all the above reports, few researchers have compared the Little Lion galaxy with the Milky Way. They found out that the Milky Way has total contradictory properties as compared to the newly found blue dwarf galaxy. One of the properties is that it consists of heavier elements, which makes it more active than the dwarf galaxy. Also, the Milky Way consists of around 200 to 400 billion stars while the Little Lion has just a few million stars within it.