- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 14th, 2012
Galaxy Found 12.91 Billion Light-Years Away
This means it formed just 840 million years after the Big Bang
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 12th, 2012
Black Holes May Grow Out of Tune to Host Galaxies
For years, astronomers thought the two processes were related
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 6th, 2012
Faintest Galaxy in the Universe Discovered
The small formation is located extremely far away from Earth
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 5th, 2012
Galaxy Kicks Black Hole into Deep Space
The object is being ejected at a tremendous speed
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 4th, 2012
The Universe Has More Hydrogen Than First Thought
The extra material is not accounted for by dark matter
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 17th, 2012
Staring into the Mouth of a Black Hole
The object is located a long distance away from Earth
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 17th, 2012
Young Galaxies Evolved Rapidly
A lot more so than past investigations first calculated
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 10th, 2012
Active Black Holes Reduce Star Formation in Galaxies
Less-active objects may cause an opposite effect, scientists say
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 17th, 2012
Understanding Galactic Mergers Made Easy by New Models
Researchers develop new computer simulations for these phenomena
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 12th, 2012
Dark Energy Confirmed in Study of Distant Galaxies
The quantity helps explain the accelerated expansion of the Cosmos
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 5th, 2012
Milky Way's Black Hole Close to Being Confirmed
Believe it or not, its existence is not yet a certainty for experts
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 27th, 2012
Spitzer to Release 200 Infrared Galactic Portraits
The datasets' release dates will be spread throughout 2012
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 19th, 2012
Swirling Spider Web Seen in Distant Galaxy
The object is one of the most delicate in the Universe
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 15th, 2012
Galaxies Change Their Eating Habits as They Grow
Teenage galaxies prefer to grow by consuming gas flows
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 15th, 2012
Half a Billion Stars Visible in New WISE Catalog
The infrared light dataset covers the entire night sky
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 14th, 2012
Galaxies Recycle Used Materials to Form New Stars
The finding explains a long-standing mystery in astronomy
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 9th, 2012
Impressive Astrophotography: the Whirlpool Galaxy
The object is currently colliding with another galaxy