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In a recent study conducted at the outskirts of our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, astronomers were able to discover two new dwarf galaxies, which they named Andromeda 28 and 29. Experts hope to use these formations to reveal some of the mysteries associated with dark matter.
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8 November 2011
03:56 GMT |
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For quite some time now, astronomers have been studying the paths of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies. Their investigations revealed that the two will collide in about 5 billion years from now, and a new study indicates how the new galaxy might look like. In order to determine hos such a complex structure will ap... |
16 August 2011
09:58 GMT |
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Apple has reportedly modified an iconic picture of the Andromeda galaxy originally produced by astrophotographer Robert Gendler in order to use it as the default wallpaper of Mac OS X Lion.The Universe holds many galaxies like our own, the Milky Way - a spirally thingy made up of hundreds of billions of suns, one of ... |
12 August 2011
05:50 GMT |
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Astronomers are now convinced that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies will collide with each other in about 5 billion years. In order to understand what the result of this event will look like, experts now investigate the processes that take place during galactic mergers elsewhere in space. Given the massive sizes ... |
26 May 2011
05:58 GMT |
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Using radiation emitted by a maser in the Andromeda galaxy, astronomers are now analyzing the path our neighboring galaxy is taking, in an effort to determine whether and when it will collide with the Milky Way. The new study may help improve current estimates. At this point, scientists believe that it will take abou... |
10 May 2011
04:43 GMT |
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For the first time since astronomers have been observing the Andromeda Galaxy, a group of scientists was able to identify a thick stellar disk surrounding the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. The group – which was made up of experts from the UK, the US and Europe – is bound to provide additional insights ... |
15 February 2011
10:19 GMT |
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Astronomers are currently in the process of refining their original predictions about the fate of the Andromeda-Milky Way galactic system. They say that it could be possible the two objects will not hit each other after all. The earliest predictions about a potential collision were based on the fact that our neighbor... |
31 January 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Astronomers analyzing the Milky Way have many years ago observed the existence of a thick disk of stars in its central regions, in addition to the thin disc that makes most of the galactic body. However, a similar structure was not found in the Andromeda Galaxy, our closest neighbor. Experts have been looking for a t... |
28 October 2010
03:51 GMT |
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Studies conducted on the nearby Andromeda Galaxy have revealed that the outermost edges of the galaxy are spinning increasingly fast, which is something that existing models cannot account for. Astronomers already need the concept of dark matter to explain why the rotation curves of known galaxies are constant, when ... |
7 October 2010
09:23 GMT |
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For many years astrophysicists have been puzzled at precisely how supermassive black holes at the center of large galaxies gobble up so much of their surrounding gas. When the matter passes a certain threshold, as in when it approaches to less than 30 percent of a light-year from the event horizon, it gets sucked in ... |
4 March 2010
04:11 GMT |
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In a new study of the M31 galaxy, our closest galactic neighbor from the Andromeda Constellation, the American space agency's Swift satellite managed to snap the most complex and detailed image of its ultraviolet sources. Experts say that some 20,000 of them are visible in the new, high-resolution picture, and t... |
17 September 2009
01:48 GMT |
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With more than 300 exoplanets discovered thus far inside the Milky Way, this field of astronomical research is expanding at an exponential rate. Despite the fact that a single extra-solar planet has thus far been identified directly, experts know that the other hundreds exist because they can detect their influence o... |
9 June 2009
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According to a recent infrared study of the Triangulum Galaxy, also known as M33, our “neighbor” appears to be larger than its observations in visible light have suggested until now. The new measurements have been conducted with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, which specializes in resolving infrared ... |
8 April 2009
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Following the latest research results, astronomers concluded, during the 213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, that our galaxy, the Milky Way, is about 50 percent heavier than previously thought, and that the speed with which it spins is also much greater than first calculated. The scientists came to th... |
6 January 2009
05:30 GMT |
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Weighing supermassive black holes located in the center of galactic nuclei is more like looking through a solid brick wall, since matter in quantities of billions of times the mass of the Sun may stand in the way. Nonetheless, we are capable today to approximate the masses of supermassive black holes just by observin... |
9 April 2008
02:51 GMT |
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It is a well known fact that galaxies can form new stars as they move through the space to join other galaxies in dense galaxy clusters which are pulled together by the powerful gravitational forces. Nevertheless, most of them tend to follow the gas filaments of dark matter that stretch between the galaxies. As they ... |
30 January 2008
03:46 GMT |
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Believe it or not, most of the stars and cosmic objects in the visible universe are actually impossible to observe with the naked eye. Only a handful of galaxies and star clusters in the near vicinity of our galaxy can be spotted without the help of optical tools. More than 99 percent of the stars viewed on the nigh... |
28 December 2007
11:10 GMT |
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The full moon lunar phase has passed, thus it's time to go back to watching the night sky, to observe some of the most amazing objects in the universe. The Andromeda galaxy, or M31 as it is also known, the closest galaxy to our Milky Way, will pass directly over our heads this week, every day between 7:30 and 8 ... |
3 December 2007
02:52 GMT |
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It seems that the Andromeda constellation is full of surprises. It contains the Andromeda Galaxy and also the brightest star, Alpha Andromedae, or Alpheratz. Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way are approaching each other at a speed of 100 to 140 kilometers per second, but until and if they collide, astronomers are se... |
25 June 2007
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Astronomers discovered a new dwarf galaxy formed in a region of space outside our system, which is falling into our "Local Group." It's the first time when such an event has been recorded and it's considered a vital clue on the formation processes of galaxies.The Local Group is the group of galaxies that ... |
29 May 2007
03:33 GMT |
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Most astronomers believe that sometime in the distant future, our galaxy, the Milky Way, and Andromeda, the closest galaxy, will collide in a massive cosmic clash. However, they can's still accurately predict whether this will occur in 2, 5 or 10 billion years.If the descendants of Homo sapiens will still inhabi... |
12 May 2007
06:58 GMT |
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