Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted the light of a massive galaxy seen only 970 million
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Astronomers outline how and where to find wormholes in our galaxy
Wormholes are a staple of science fiction – but could they be science fact? Surprisingly, a bridge between two distant
Continue readingHuge Burst of Mysterious Cosmic Radio Signals Traced Back To Exact Location in Galaxy Billions of Light Years Away
A huge one-off burst of mysterious cosmic radio waves has been precisely located to a galaxy 3.6 billion light years away. The powerful shiver of
Continue reading“Stellar baby boom” may have given birth to half the Milky Way’s stars
About a year ago, the European Space Agency (ESA) released the Gaia galactic census that detailed the position, distance and
Continue readingGigantic “ghost” galaxy spotted circling the Milky Way
Astronomers have spotted a mysterious “ghost” galaxy orbiting the Milky Way. Huge but extremely faint, the oddball galaxy has been
Continue readingExquisite spiral galaxy shines in new ESO image
Astronomers have captured a striking view of the galaxy NGC 3981, which is revealed shining with the light of energetic
Continue readingWe’ve Just Seen What Happens When a Galaxy Punches a Giant Hole Through Another
There are many strange galaxies out there in space, but about 300 million light-years away is one that’s really something.
Continue readingMonster Galaxy From Dawn of Universe Mapped
A “monster galaxy” that formed just one billion years after the Big Bang is spewing out stars at such a
Continue readingOur Galaxy Has Already Died Once. Now We Are In Its Second Life
The Milky Way is a zombie. No, not really, it doesn’t go around eating other galaxies’ brains. But it did
Continue readingAstronomers Have Discovered A Galaxy With No Dark Matter Aand It’s A Huge Deal
For the first time ever, an international team of astronomers has discovered a galaxy lacking dark matter, the hypothetical and
Continue readingResearchers investigate stellar populations in the central region of the Andromeda galaxy
German astronomers have conducted a study of the central bulge of the Andromeda galaxy and analyzed its stellar populations. The
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