What are Dwarf Galaxies?
Although they can contain billions of stars, dwarf galaxies are nevertheless just a fraction of the size of Milky Way.
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James Webb spots the oldest, farthest galaxy humanity has ever seen
The telescope is already making incredible discoveries just one week after its debut image.
Almost two billion stars: Largest, most detailed star catalog to date revealed
The European Space Agency released its treasure trove of stars.
Astronomers have pegged the farthest galaxy ever discovered
HD1 bests the rest.
Hubble spots three galaxies dancing in epic photo
Hubble may have spotted a very rare phenomenon.
Hubble spots black hole “giving birth” to new star
Black holes may do more than just destroy -- they may also create new things.
Astronomers find the farthest evidence of fluoride to date, in a distant galaxy
This will teach us a lot about how the element forms in the Universe.
NASA just added three more sonification projects to their page and I couldn’t be more delighted
The subdued, mysterious, and longing tunes sound very appropriate for outer space.
What’s My Age Again? New Discoveries May Spark a Rethink of Galaxy Formation
A trifecta of recent discoveries has challenged models of galactic evolution, suggesting that galaxies could have formed much sooner in ...
The Milky Way’s halo might be thousands of times hotter than the sun’s surface
The halo surrounding the Milky Way may be much hotter than originally thought.
Hubble’s spectacular new image of the Umbrella Galaxy will help make your quarantine prettier
Things are pretty stressful on Earth right now -- so look at the sky!
Astronomers find the most massive black hole in the local universe
A dim patch in an otherwise bright galaxy is the epicenter of a supermassive black hole whose mass is 40 ...
Physicists perform the most detailed simulation of the Universe yet
This immense simulation is so complex that scientists have observed phenomena that had not been programmed explicitly in the code.
We know something more about dark energy: it isn’t a fundamental force
We still don't know what dark energy *is*, but we found out another thing it isn't.
The Milky Way once devoured a dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago
The study might help scientists understand how galaxies evolve.
Bright galaxies help solve mystery about early universe
They were much brighter than they were supposed to be.
The Milky Way’s outer disk may actually be warped and twisted
Torque is warping the galaxy's outer disk in an S-shape.
Ancient galaxies found in our cosmic neighborhood
The galaxies date from the so-called cosmic Dark Ages.
Two billion years ago, Andromeda ‘ate’ a sister-galaxy of the Milky Way
The findings could topple our current understanding of how galaxies merge.
How many galaxies are there?
Talk about a big count!