• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 1st, 2009
Early Galaxies Were Destroyed by Immense Heat

Early Galaxies Were Destroyed by Immense Heat

They couldn't develop on account of extreme temperatures

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 25th, 2009
Cosmic Blobs Are Essential Galaxy-Formation Stages

Cosmic Blobs Are Essential Galaxy-Formation Stages

They're made almost entirely of hydrogen gas

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 18th, 2009
Astrobiologists Think Life May Be 12 Billion Years Old

Astrobiologists Think Life May Be 12 Billion Years Old

It may have appeared shortly after the Universe formed

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 10th, 2009
Ultracold Stars Have Peculiar Orbits Around Milky Way

Ultracold Stars Have Peculiar Orbits Around Milky Way

Some may even come from other galaxies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 10th, 2009
Telescope Uncovers Galactic Collision 'Skid Marks'

Telescope Uncovers Galactic Collision 'Skid Marks'

The debris have been seen with a ground-based observatory

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 10th, 2009
First Exoplanet in Another Galaxy Found

First Exoplanet in Another Galaxy Found

The planet is in the Andromeda galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 9th, 2009
Heaviest Black Hole in the Universe Revealed

Heaviest Black Hole in the Universe Revealed

It lurks at the core of Virgo A, or Messier 87

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 28th, 2009
Supermassive Black Hole Gets a 'Close-Up'

Supermassive Black Hole Gets a 'Close-Up'

The formation spins a whole galaxy around it

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 21st, 2009
Giant Messier 87 Reveals Its True Size

Giant Messier 87 Reveals Its True Size

Mysterious forces act on the galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 21st, 2009
Astronomers See Galactic 'Backbone' of the Universe

Astronomers See Galactic 'Backbone' of the Universe

The formations existed in the early Cosmos

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 7th, 2009
Spitzer Prepares to End Primary Mission, Start Anew

Spitzer Prepares to End Primary Mission, Start Anew

The telescope pictures the sky in infrared wavelengths

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 6th, 2009
Astronomical Theories Need Reshaping

Astronomical Theories Need Reshaping

That's what some experts believe

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 6th, 2009
The Fermi Telescope Analyzes the High-Energy Universe

The Fermi Telescope Analyzes the High-Energy Universe

The observatory provides invaluable data

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 5th, 2009
Dark Matter Alley Forces Galaxies to Cannibalize Themselves

Dark Matter Alley Forces Galaxies to Cannibalize Themselves

Even galaxy clusters can't escape its influence

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 1st, 2009
Milky Way's Black Hole Revealed

Milky Way's Black Hole Revealed

It swallows a lot of gas and matter

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2009
Chandra Readings Point the Source of Milky Way's X-Ray Belt

Chandra Readings Point the Source of Milky Way's X-Ray Belt

The radiation comes from thousands of sources

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 30th, 2009
Hundreds of Black Holes May 'Lurk' in the Milky Way

Hundreds of Black Holes May 'Lurk' in the Milky Way

They may have been left behind after the Big Bang

 
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