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Radio observations from multiple international sources were recently pieced together by a group of astronomers, who managed to create an exquisite map of the magnetic fields within the Milky Way. Scientists with the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) were also a part of the investigation.
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6 February 2012
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Explaining how magnetic fields formed around galaxies is not an easy task. Similarly, figuring out how these fields emerged in the first place is still a mystery. Now, experts are using a laser capable of simulating conditions occurring during supernova explosions to mimic the early Universe.
In a series of new expe... |
27 January 2012
08:38 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of the latest study on the issue, it would appear that our galaxy is indeed the color of fresh snow. Researchers were finally able to establish the color of the Milky Way by looking at nearby galaxies of similar properties.
Extrapolating from data they collected during this investigatio... |
16 January 2012
08:12 GMT |
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Investigators are slowly beginning to reshape their views of how stellar formation occurs, in light of new discoveries being made in nearby galaxies. Recent surveys show that new, blue stars can appear even in so-called galactic “death zones,” where such processes were once thought impossible.
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16 January 2012
03:41 GMT |
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A team of astronomers announce the discovery of a supermassive black hole in the nearby galaxy NGC253, which is located in the Sculptor Group of Galaxies. The massive object is very similar in mass and diameter to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our own galaxy.
Granted, astrophysicists don't kn... |
16 January 2012
03:29 GMT |
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In this iconic Hubble image, taken by the NASA telescope in July 2010, the massive elliptical galaxy called Centaurus A is revealed in all it splendor. Its unusual appearance is caused by the dark lanes of cosmic dust that can be seen throughout the image.
What is especially interesting about this view, as opposed ... |
4 January 2012
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An extremely old, blob-shaped galaxy was recently demonstrated to be producing young, blue stars at a frantic pace, say astronomers with the science team. They used the NASA Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope to image the object in visible-light and infrared wavelengths.
This particular galaxy &n... |
22 December 2011
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Astronomers do have a soft heart after all, especially those at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), who manage the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This April, in order to mark the observatory's 21st anniversary, they snapped this amazing image of a massive cosmic rose.
The formation, a large group ... |
20 December 2011
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Using data from a number of telescopes, experts were recently able to snap a new view of the galaxy cluster Abell 2052. The formation is of interest because the massive gas clouds it contains display a sloshing-like motion, similar to how a liquid wobbles inside a glass when moved.
Investigators used visible-light ... |
14 December 2011
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While studying the extreme depths of the Universe, in an area located about 13 billion light-years away from Earth, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) noticed a type of ultra-red galaxy that they had never seen before.
The objects are so far away, and so well concealed in massive c... |
2 December 2011
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One of the keys to the long lives of galaxies is the creation of new stars with the passing of eons. This is done through a complex process, which involves the recycling of both hydrogen and heavier elements. Now, these mechanisms are much better understood, thanks to recent observations.
While Sun-like stars have ... |
18 November 2011
04:29 GMT |
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In a recent study, an international collaboration of astronomers was able to analyze a bright gamma-ray burst (GRB) that occurred in the distant Universe. The reason why this particular flash of light is so important is because it passes through two very old galaxies before finally making its way to Earth.
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2 November 2011
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According to the conclusions of a new study conducted by an international team of astronomers, it would appear that some of the weird, donut-shaped dust clouds observed around supermassive black holes may contain debris left behind by high-speed collisions between extrasolar planets and asteroids.
The violent cosmic... |
1 November 2011
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Using the Subaru Telescope, at the Mauna Kea Observatory inn Hawaii, a group of astronomers was recently able to collect new, detailed views of the Stephen's Quintet galaxy group. This target is also known as the Hickson Compact Group 92 and Arp 319.
The 8.2-meter (27-foot) flagship telescope is operated by the... |
31 October 2011
05:21 GMT |
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By combining computer models simulating the merger of galaxies with recent studies of archival data collected by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers was recently able to confirm that previous estimates of galaxy collision and merger rates are correct.
The estimates covered the last 8 to 9 bil... |
26 October 2011
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected this image of the Arp 148 colliding galaxies three years ago. The view was released by astronomers on April 24, 2008, to coincide with the famous observatory's 18th anniversary.
It is a part of a larger set of images, which depicts 59 pairs of merging galaxies. Thes... |
21 October 2011
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Using the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), astronomers were able to identify two more globular star clusters within our galaxy, the Milky Way. The discovery raises the total number of such structures to 159. One of the newly-found structures is very interesting because it is not located at... |
19 October 2011
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Astronomers have been proposing for many years that all galaxies have a black hole at their cores. This was proven to be true time and time again, even in our own Milky Way. But a recent study has revealed that the famous galaxy M85 does not have such a companion, and scientists are now wondering why.What is so inter... |
17 October 2011
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Using the Chile-based Very Large Telescope (VLT), a group of international astronomers was able to produce the first timeline of what happened during a time in the Universe's history known as the reionization epoch. For starters, the team learned that this event occurred a lot sooner than first thought.
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12 October 2011
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Using the amazing capabilities of the NASA Pleiades supercomputer, a team of American experts was recently able to develop the most comprehensive, complex and encompassing simulation of how the Universe evolved since the Big Bang.
Based on the Bolshoi simulation code, the new model was capable of producing a viab... |
30 September 2011
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Scientists with the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge announce the discovery of very old stars inside the earliest galaxies known to have formed in the Universe. The discovery seems to hint that the galaxies themselves are in reality a lot older than first estimated.
Team leader Dan Stark says that some of the ... |
26 September 2011
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For quite some time now, investigators have been hard at work in determining how the growth of supermassive black holes determines the growth of their host galaxies, and vice-versa. Recently, a new study indicated that even small, unremarkable galaxies can harbor the dark behemoths.
Until now, experts believed th... |
16 September 2011
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New data collected by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory indicate that galaxies can start producing new stars at a frantic pace regardless of whether they collide with other galaxies. This was previously thought to be the main mechanism that reignited the process.
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13 September 2011
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Ever since astrophysicists started analyzing black holes in more details, a number of questions popped up in their heads. Chief among them was a puzzling mystery, the inability to explain why the masses of black holes and their parent galaxies were linked. A new study seeks to clarify the issue.
In fact, this ques... |
6 September 2011
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Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope, at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Cerro Paranal facility in Chile, announce that they were recently able to capture a remarkable new image of a galactic duo called The Eyes.Another reason why this image is very important is that it's the first-ever to b... |
24 August 2011
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An international collaboration of astronomers announces the discovery of spectral signatures thought to belong to large organic molecules inside two nearby galaxies, Andromeda and Triangulum. The molecules thought to produce these light signatures comprise of 20 atoms or more. Though they may not seem overly complex,... |
22 August 2011
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A team of astronomers was recently able to determine the origins of light emanating from the Lyman-alpha blob LAB-1. The cosmic structure has been puzzling astronomers for many years, and the new study is the first to propose a reasonable explanation for why the cosmic structure glows. In order to investigate the obj... |
18 August 2011
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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
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A team of investigators announces the discovery of a massive, ring-like structure surrounding the large galaxy supercluster Abell 3376. The formation provides additional insights into how such large space objects form and keep themselves together.In order to peer deep into the Universe – and get as much resolut... |
25 July 2011
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Astronomers at the Brigham Young University (BYU) determined in a new study that black holes at the core of massive galaxies are able to move laterally through their hosts too. Until now, experts believed that the dark behemoths were simply spinning at galactic centers, traveling alongside their hosts. Interestingly... |
21 July 2011
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The video game arm of LucasArts, the company that holds the Star Wars license and it implicated in all projects that use it, has announced that it has thought about making Star Wars: Galaxies a free-to-play title and has decided that the model is not suited for the MMO before taking the decision to close it down befo... |
18 July 2011
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New investigations are proving that the evolution of galaxies is a complex and continuous process, and one that does not conclude once a galaxy reaches a certain mass or size. The phenomenon continues over billions of years, but the way in which the cosmic structures grow differ. Early on, when a galaxy is just formi... |
18 July 2011
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One of the most enduring and difficult mysteries in astronomy today is a conundrum called the “Axis of Evil.” Recently, experts gathered in the United Kingdom to discuss it, as well as the latest measurements conducted on galaxy clusters. What this contradiction refers to is how to measure the weight of t... |
4 July 2011
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For many years, astronomers believed that galaxies developing in the early Universe were very much like voracious tigers, growing in size by literally cannibalizing on other galaxies. But new data appear to indicate that the structures were more like grazing cows, growing in size by accreting gas. In order to reach t... |
1 July 2011
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A group of players who have created a petition to keep the MMO Star Wars Galaxies running past its already announced end date have revealed that they are planning to launch a class action lawsuit against Sony Online Entertainment.
It seems that the group is 50 members strong at the moment and that the main reason ... |
30 June 2011
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About six years ago, telescopes operating in visible-light wavelengths began detecting ancient, massive cosmic blobs. These structures are fuzzy galactic halos located inside galaxy superclusters. Within these blobs, experts are now discovering galaxies that are trillions of times brighter than the Sun. Cosmic blobs ... |
27 June 2011
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An international group of astronomers is currently working towards gaining a better understanding of the types of galaxies that exist in the Universe. Their goal is to revise the Hubble Turning Fork, the basic systems used to classify galaxy types. Famous astronomer Edwin Hubble proposed the earliest model of classif... |
21 June 2011
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Recent investigations conducted on the massive spiral galaxy NGC 4013 is revealing an overlooked aspect of the formation, the fact that its odd shape is a direct result of the tidal interactions it's having with a close-by companion.The two galaxies are in fact almost entirely merged, with only a massive tidal s... |
20 June 2011
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According to a new scientific study, it would appear that the first black holes to develop in the early Universe – in the central regions of young galaxies – were even more difficult to spot than their more modern counterparts. They were obscured by clouds of cosmic dust and hydrogen gas. For many years, ... |
16 June 2011
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Investigators at the Niels Bohr Institute announce the discovery of some low surface brightness galaxies, in a finding that proves these structures are more common throughout the Universe than anyone originally thought. These galaxies stand out through the fact that they are very small, but also because experts have ... |
15 June 2011
04:24 GMT |
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A new scientific investigation has revealed the presence of yet another enormous black hole, at the core of a galaxy where experts had already discovered a supermassive black hole during previous studies. The two cosmic giants apparently share the same home, experts say, inside the galaxy Markarian 739. The cosmic st... |
11 June 2011
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A collaboration of astronomers announced the discovery of two protostars, located extremely close the the supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way. The objects were found just outside the dark behemoth's sphere of influence.The thing that perplexes astronomers about this finding is that the objects s... |
6 June 2011
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Using state-of-the-art computer simulations, and the latest discoveries on the nature of stars, a team of experts has recently compiled a new model of stellar birth. The work might finally solve some of the mysteries related to the development of star clusters, and to the pattern in which these stars spread.When obse... |
2 June 2011
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Hundreds of black holes, weighing it at several thousand solar masses each, could be roaming the Milky Way, say investigators who recently conducted a new scientific study on the issue. These object are massive enough to devour entire planets whole. Seeing black holes directly is impossible, but experts know enough a... |
2 June 2011
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A recent investigation conducted using the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an interesting phenomenon going on inside the cores of galaxies that everyone thought were inactive. New images indicate that stellar formation is taking place at those locations still.Messier 105 was one of the elliptical galaxies that wa... |
31 May 2011
05:52 GMT |
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By combining the infrared capabilities of the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope with the shorter-wavelength infrared and visible ones from the Subaru Telescope, in Hawaii, astronomers recently managed to obtain an amazing view of a distant cluster of galaxies.
The large cosmic structures appear only as tiny red dots i... |
27 May 2011
02:37 GMT |
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The collaboration of experts handling the scientific return of the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission released a mix containing images of 9 galaxies today. The release heralds the publishing of the full WISE galactic catalog. During its stay in Earth's orbit, the spacecraft conducted one and... |
26 May 2011
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After more than a decade of surveys, experts finally managed to wrap up work on the most complete, detailed, 3D map of the local Universe ever developed. The map covers an area extending more than 380 million light-years into space. One of the most impressive achievements of the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) is that i... |
25 May 2011
11:38 GMT |
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In a new scientific research, experts were able to figure out that black holes across the Universe are today spinning a lot faster than they used to when the Cosmos was only a fraction of its current age. The reasons why this happens remain unexplained, but investigators are proposing a series of theories that might ... |
24 May 2011
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