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galaxy
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Astronomers can’t agree on how fast the universe is expanding. New approaches are aiming to break the impasse
ESA/Hubble & Nasa, F. Pacaud, D. Coe Alex Hall, The University of Edinburgh It is almost 100 years…
Webb Telescope Reveals Early Galaxy’s Bright Light Comes from New Stars, Not Black Hole
At a Glance Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made an exciting discovery about one…
NASA’s JWST Discovery Challenges Galactic Evolution Theories
At a Glance A groundbreaking discovery by NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shaken up the scientific…
Astronomers Unravel Mystery of Massive Black Holes and Dark Matter
At a Glance In a groundbreaking discovery, the gravitational wave detectors LIGO and Virgo have identified a group…
Can We Predict How Many Aliens Are Out There?
Introduced in 1961 by Frank Drake, the Drake equation estimates the number of advanced alien civilizations in our…
Measuring the Size of the Milky Way Galaxy
Determining the Milky Way’s size is challenging because we’re inside it. Estimates have varied greatly, from 100,000 to…
Astronomers finally caught radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe
The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder in the Western Australian desert. CSIRO Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University…
Webb Telescope Discovers Most Distant Barred Spiral Galaxy Similar to Milky Way
A recent study published in Nature reveals the discovery of a barred spiral galaxy, ceers-2112, using the James…
What’s Your Life’s Mileage?
Much like a car recording its own total traveled distance, you too travel around the cosmos, zooming without…
Scientists Report First-ever Detection of Oscillating Signal from Galactic Black Hole System
An international team of scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting a unique signal in the radio…