One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate’
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
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'Ghost town' galaxies hold big secrets about the early universe
Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, cosmic 'ghost towns,' offer new insights into the early universe and star formation.
NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers signals from distant galaxies, What does it mean?
Recent astronomical observations by ALMA and JWST have detected emissions from the distant galaxy GHZ2, located over 13 ...
Andromeda Galaxy: 10 Surprising Facts About Milky Way’s Nearest Galaxy
The Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor, is a majestic spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. Let’s uncover some ...
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This Is Why Ancient Galaxies Are ‘Bulging Footballs’ — And Not Flat Like Our Milky Way
Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. How do galaxies form? For decades, that's been a mystery, but it may have finally been solved by a group of astronomers using ...
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Explained: You’re Looking Back In Time When You Look At The Stars
If the universe is 13.6 billion years old, how can astronomers see galaxies close to the Big Bang, which created the universe? That seems implausible and impossible — until you understand light.
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Discovery of three supermassive galaxies may redefine understanding of galactic evolution
Yale researchers among those who discovered three “ultra-massive” galaxies, which were formed shortly after the Big Bang and ...