• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 15th, 2013
Hubble Reveals What the Milky Way Looked like When It First Appeared

Hubble Reveals What the Milky Way Looked like When It First Appeared

Telescope data were used to peer far back in the history of the galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 12th, 2013
Newly-Found Quasar Defies Theory That Was Supposed to Predict It

Newly-Found Quasar Defies Theory That Was Supposed to Predict It

Astronomers are baffled by the object's weird behavior in space

Chandra Snaps Beautiful Image of the Fireworks Galaxy

Chandra Snaps Beautiful Image of the Fireworks Galaxy

Radiation sources shine a deep purple in this new photograph

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 1st, 2013
Galactic Cores Harbored First Star Formation Bursts

Galactic Cores Harbored First Star Formation Bursts

Halo starbursts usually start occurring billions of years later

Chandra Images Massive Radiation Plumes in Deep Space

Chandra Images Massive Radiation Plumes in Deep Space

The jets span hundreds of light-years in all directions

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • August 16th, 2013
11 Billion Years Ago, Galaxies Looked Surprisingly like They Do Today

11 Billion Years Ago, Galaxies Looked Surprisingly like They Do Today

Challenging some accepted theories on galaxy formation

Study: How Giant Black Holes Spin

Study: How Giant Black Holes Spin

A study puts a new twist to what was known about calculating black hole spin rates

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • July 4th, 2013
Andromeda Collided with the Milky Way 10 Billion Years Ago, Radical New Dark Matter-Free Model Proposes

Andromeda Collided with the Milky Way 10 Billion Years Ago, Radical New Dark Matter-Free Model Proposes

New research indicates that our understanding of gravity is fundamentally wrong

  • Space
  • By Lucian Parfeni
  • December 12th, 2012
Hubble Spots the Youngest Ever Galaxies, from a 380 Million Years-Old Universe

Hubble Spots the Youngest Ever Galaxies, from a 380 Million Years-Old Universe

These are some of the first galaxies to form in the Universe

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 20th, 2012
NASA Observes Most Distant Galaxy in the Universe

NASA Observes Most Distant Galaxy in the Universe

The object formed very shortly after the Big Bang

Supernova Blast Detected in Nearby Galaxy

Supernova Blast Detected in Nearby Galaxy

The cosmic formation lies about 80 million light-years away

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 31st, 2012
Distant Galaxy Experiences Massive Supernova Explosion

Distant Galaxy Experiences Massive Supernova Explosion

The light released by the blast helps us better understand the galaxy

Galaxies Analogous to the Milky Way Found

Galaxies Analogous to the Milky Way Found

Around three percent of all galaxies resemble our own

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 18th, 2012
Computational Model Can Build a Universe from Scratch

Computational Model Can Build a Universe from Scratch

The tool will be used to study the evolution of galaxies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 16th, 2012
The Phoenix Cluster Breaks Several Cosmic Records

The Phoenix Cluster Breaks Several Cosmic Records

The structures is one of the largest objects in the Universe

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 30th, 2012
Hints of Dark Matter Found in Galactic Core

Hints of Dark Matter Found in Galactic Core

Scientists detect the glow of gamma rays at this location

Galaxy Resembling Amorphous Cloud of Vapor Imaged

Galaxy Resembling Amorphous Cloud of Vapor Imaged

The formation is located relatively close-by, in astronomical terms

 
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