galaxies

Canadian scientists trace 2nd strange radio signal to nearby galaxy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 20, 2020
Found in different galaxy than 1st signal, astronomers 1 step closer to finding out where these bursts thrive

By David Aragorn
Origin of Deep-Space Radio Flash Discovered, and It’s Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Ever Seen 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 9, 2020
Things are only getting more confusing.

By David Aragorn
Bubble-blowing galaxies could help solve a cosmic mystery 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 8, 2020
A trio of galaxies has been caught ionizing hydrogen 680 million years after the Big Bang

By David Aragorn
Mysterious ring galaxy continues to puzzle astronomers 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 10, 2019
Of all the galaxies observed by astronomers, barely any are as strange or geometrically unique as Hoag’s Object.

By David Aragorn
19 more galaxies mysteriously missing dark matter have been found 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 26, 2019
The newly found outliers defy ideas of how these star systems evolve

By David Aragorn
First-Generation Stars Formed More Quickly than Previously Thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas that formed just 850 million years after the Big Bang. The chemical composition of the object reveals that the first generation of stars formed quickly and enriched the Universe with the elements they synthesized.

By David Aragorn
Light leaking from a distant galaxy hints at a cosmic makeover’s origins 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 9, 2019
Harsh ultraviolet radiation suggests how hydrogen got ionized in the universe long ago

By David Aragorn
Telescope tracks 35 million galaxies in Dark Energy hunt 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 7, 2019
A super telescope has begun the most detailed survey of the Universe ever undertaken.

By David Aragorn
The 15 Weirdest Galaxies in Our Universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2019
The universe contains somewhere in the ballpark of 100 billion and 200 billion galaxies. With numbers that large, you can bet that there are some real weirdos out there. Out beyond our Milky Way, there are galaxies shaped like jellyfish, galaxies that consume other galaxies, and galaxies that seem to lack the dark matter that pervades the rest of the universe.

By David Aragorn
Supermassive Black Holes Are Stopping Star Formation in Tiny Galaxies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 19, 2019
Astronomers know that most galaxies house supermassive black holes in their centers, from the largest galaxies down to small dwarfs.

By David Aragorn