970 results for "galaxies"

Astronomers have discovered a rare "Carousel Lens"—a unique alignment of galaxies that offers new insights into dark matter and dark energy. This cosmic arrangement, observed through gravitational lensing, magnifies seven…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled a rare and striking cosmic phenomenon—a question mark-shaped structure formed by two interacting galaxies. Captured during an observation of the massive galaxy...

Recent groundbreaking findings from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft have offered new perspectives on the deep, pervasive darkness of the universe, suggesting that the number of galaxies might be significantly fewer...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has broadened its scope in a new study by exploring over 2,880 galaxies for signs of highly advanced civilizations. Utilizing the Murchison Widefield Array...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered a groundbreaking discovery that is reshaping our understanding of the early universe. Initially, astronomers observed what appeared to be enormous galaxies in...

Astronomers have discovered that a DISTANT QUASAR may be responsible for shutting down star formation in galaxies within its vicinity. The quasar, known as VIK J2348-3054, is one of the farthest...

Recent studies have unveiled a fascinating mechanism within galaxies that prevents them from exhausting their star-forming gas too quickly. This self-regulating process, likened to the functions of a "heart and...

The formation of galaxies is a topic that continues to intrigue astronomers and astrophysicists. Recent studies and observations have provided new insights into whether new galaxies are still being born...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image of two galaxies, collectively known as Arp 142, merging in a cosmic collision. This stunning photograph, released to mark the...

Astronomers have recently identified two new satellite galaxies, Virgo III and Sextans II, orbiting the Milky Way, raising significant questions about our understanding of dark matter and the structure of...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a groundbreaking discovery, revealing the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever observed. This significant find pushes the boundaries of our understanding...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has provided a groundbreaking look at galaxies in the early universe, revealing how they feed on cold gas. This discovery sheds light on the formation...

Posted on Dec 16, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Science, Science News, Space News, Universe This weekend’s stories include Is our evolving...

Posted on Sep 19, 2022 in Science Today’s stories include The Enduring Mystery: How Big is the Universe? to the Planets that the Webb Space Telescope has Observed So Far...

Posted on Jul 22, 2022 in Astronomy, Science Using a new deep learning algorithm and data from the Galaxy Zoo citizen science project, astronomers have discovered 40,000 ring galaxies –six...

Today’s stories range from Renowned Astronomers’ Insights on NASA’s New UAP/UFO Study to A Passing Star Shifting Neptune’s Orbit could Wreck the Solar System to Gravitational Waves Open New Windows...

“We do know that black holes are extraordinary phenomena,” said Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, professor in the Department of Physics at Université de Montréal about the ultra-massive behemoths lurking at most galaxy...

Posted on Jun 1, 2022 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Big Bang, Cosmology, Extraterrestrial Life, Galaxies, Science, Science News, Space News, Technology, Universe Today’s stories range from Signals of Extinct Extraterrestrial...

Black holes previously hiding in plain sight have been discovered by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who have found a treasure trove of massive black...

Today’s stories range from Meteorites could have brought all 5 genetic ‘letters’ of DNA to early Earth to Hubble discovers exoplanet unconventionally forming at an extreme distance to Did alien...

An ancient  megamerger of 14 relic starbursting galaxies could become the most massive structure in our Universe. “The fact that this is happening so early in the history of the...

Posted on Feb 24, 2022 in Science A stunning new simulation reproduces iconic structures within our Local Universe, such as the Virgo, Coma and Perseus clusters of galaxies, the ‘Great...

Posted on Dec 7, 2021 in Astronomy, Galaxies, Science Welcome to our very strange Universe. And, yes, that is a galaxy. The discovery of yet another dark-matter free, ultra-diffuse galaxy,...

Massive ultracompact galaxies have similar numbers of stars as our Milky Way but are confined to only a tenth the size or a thousandth the volume. They evolve in an...

In 2018, astronomers discovered that the stars in the outer rims of galaxies would rotate once every billion years, no matter how big they are. “It’s not Swiss-watch precision,” said...

Posted on Nov 24, 2022 in Astronomy, Early Universe, Galaxies, Science It has been said that to understand water is to understand the cosmos and life itself. 2021 observations from...

Cosmological simulations include dozens of prescriptions to describe the 13.8-billion-year evolution of the Universe, including numerical recipes for dark energy (so-called lambda), weakly interacting cold dark matter, gas accretion onto...

Posted on Sep 26, 2021 in Alien Life, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cosmology, Dark Matter, Science, Space, Universe It’s been another prolific week in the Cosmos from Homo sapiens...

Posted on Aug 2, 2021 in Science Gargantuan Galaxies — “Ancestors of the Huge Elliptical Objects That Exist Today” “Luminous Echoes” –First Detection of Light from the Far Side of...

Posted on Aug 12, 2021 in Astronomy, Black Holes, Science, Universe Astronomers  have discovered strange clouds of electrons surrounding distant galaxies using CSIRO’s Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope,...

“The volume of space-time within range of our telescopes—what astronomers have traditionally called ‘the universe’—is only a tiny fraction of the aftermath of the big bang,” says astrophysicist Martin Rees....

Posted on Nov 10, 2022 in Astronomy, Dark Matter, Galaxies, Science “The interesting thing is: we have no idea!” says Pieter van Dokkum, Sol Goldman Professor of Astronomy at Yale...

Posted on Oct 9, 2022 in Astronomy, Galaxies, Science, Universe An unknown phenomenon was discovered in the Universe in 2021: three dozen dwarf galaxies far from each other had a...

Posted on Mar 8, 2021 in Cosmos, Milky Way Galaxy, Science, Space, Universe “Cities of Galaxies” –Most Dense Cluster in the Primitive Universe Discovered Ancient Behemoth Galaxies –“Fed by Cosmic...

Posted on Feb 2, 2021 in Astronomy, Milky Way Galaxy, Science Our sun is travelling around the center of the Milky Way at 220 kilometers per second, says Gerry Gilmore...

New research shows that during the early universe cosmic filaments ferried cold gas and embryonic, node-shaped galaxies to a dark matter halo, where it all clumped together to form massive...

A new theoretical study has proposed a natural explanation for how supermassive black holes –once described as “the most perfect macroscopic objects in the universe, the only elements in their...

Posted on Feb 8, 2021 in Science “A Red Herring” –The ‘Life-Bearing’ Clouds of Venus “Disturbing” –The Existence of Gargantuan Galaxies at Dawn of the Universe “Ancient Scar” –Massive Impact...

Posted on Jun 8, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Radio Galaxies, Science In 2018, a scientific mega-project –the 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope in the remote South African town of Carnarvon–went online...

Posted on Jan 29, 2021 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cosmology, Cosmos, Dark Matter, Extraterrestrial Life, Science, Science News, Space, Universe Welcome to this week’s fix of news of space...

Posted on Mar 21, 2022 in Astronomy, Galaxies, Science How  monster galaxies appeared shortly (in cosmological time) after the Big Bang is one of the most debated questions of modern...

Posted on Jan 17, 2021 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Dark Matter, Universe “Dark matter holds the key to understanding the universe,” says astrophysicist Paul Davies. ”After the big bang that created...

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 in Astronomy, Biology, Pandemic, Science Some of the greatest medical discoveries of the 20th century came from physicists who switched careers and became biologists. Francis...

Posted on Nov 19, 2020 in Astronomy, Black Holes, Science, Space “In a sense, the galaxy hardest for us to see is our own,” wrote Issac Assimov. “For one thing,...

“Hubble simply doesn’t go far enough into the infrared” to see the hidden galaxies of the early universe, said Rogier Windhorst of Arizona State University, co-author of a new study...

Posted on Oct 27, 2020 in Science In May 2020 a new discovery was revealed by the ALMA Observatory in Chile of a massive rotating disk galaxy, the Wolfe Disk...

“We believe we have just seen the tip of the iceberg, and that the few galaxies discovered so far around this supermassive black hole are only the brightest ones,” said...

Posted on Oct 26, 2020 in Astronomy, Science, Space “Ten One-Billionths of Cosmic History” –Past Homo Species Could Not Survive Intense Climate Change “Soon to be Revealed” –Hidden Galaxies of...

Posted on Aug 12, 2020 in Astronomy, Science In the fall of 2018, astronomers reported the detection of 39 dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, with many yet to be...

Posted on Aug 27, 2020 in Astronomy, Black Holes, Science, Space Astronomers have discovered a rare dual quasar–a quasi-stellar radio source, one of the most luminous, powerful engines known in...