- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 15th, 2013
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
Astronomers are baffled by the object's weird behavior in space
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 8th, 2013
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
Halo starbursts usually start occurring billions of years later
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- November 1st, 2013
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
Challenging some accepted theories on galaxy formation
- Science Blog
- By Gabriela Vatu
- July 30th, 2013
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
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
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
The object formed very shortly after the Big Bang
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- September 1st, 2012
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
The light released by the blast helps us better understand the galaxy
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- August 24th, 2012
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
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 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
Scientists detect the glow of gamma rays at this location
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 30th, 2012
Galaxy Resembling Amorphous Cloud of Vapor Imaged
The formation is located relatively close-by, in astronomical terms