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 ...
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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!
Flock of 14 colliding galaxies set to become the largest structure in the universe
It's quite possibly one of the most massive objects in the universe.
Scientists complete most precise star map, revealing hidden details in our galaxy
An incredibly fruitful mission sheds new secrets about the Milky Way.
Dark matter might not interact with anything other than gravity
Scientists are left in the dark again.
Gravitational waves might be created at the centre of most galaxies
Looks like we can expect more gravitational waves in the near future.
Researchers map out the age of the Milky Way’s “heart”
Our galaxy still holds many secrets.
Astronomers use gravity to zoom in on incredibly distant star
A new take on the whole 'twinkle twinkle' thing.
In a galaxy far, far away, Dark Matter appears to be missing
The elusive dark matter surprises us once again... this time by being absent.
Galactic clockwork: Astronomers find all galaxies rotate once every billion years
Regardless of their size, all galaxies that just as long to come full circle.