• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • September 12th, 2015
Mammoth Galaxy Cluster Discovered 9.8 Billion Light-Years Away

Mammoth Galaxy Cluster Discovered 9.8 Billion Light-Years Away

The cluster holds the mass equivalent to 400 trillion Suns

Runaway Galaxies Are Racing at 6 Million MpH (9.6 Million Km/H)

Runaway Galaxies Are Racing at 6 Million MpH (9.6 Million Km/H)

The runaway galaxies were flung out of their cluster, are now exiles aimlessly racing through the cosmos

Top 10 Coolest Science News of the Week: February 9-15, 2015

Top 10 Coolest Science News of the Week: February 9-15, 2015

In case you've had a rather hectic week and missed them, here are the best science announcements of the past few days

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • February 10th, 2015
Hubble Sees Seriously Creepy Smiley Face in Outer Space

Hubble Sees Seriously Creepy Smiley Face in Outer Space

The smiley face has two orange eyes and a white button nose, some say it looks like a cosmic emoticon

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 1st, 2014
Newly Discovered Distant Galaxy Acts as a Cosmic Magnifying Glass

Newly Discovered Distant Galaxy Acts as a Cosmic Magnifying Glass

The galaxy is said to be the farthest lensing galaxy thus far documented by science

Mass of Distant Galaxy Cluster Is 160 Trillion Times That of Our Sun

Mass of Distant Galaxy Cluster Is 160 Trillion Times That of Our Sun

The cluster's mass was mapped with the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope

  • Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • May 22nd, 2014
Scientists Confirm the Existence of Distant Galaxy Cluster

Scientists Confirm the Existence of Distant Galaxy Cluster

The galaxy cluster is estimated to be about 9.9 billion light years away

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2014
Runaway Dandelion Galaxy Lives Fast and Furiously

Runaway Dandelion Galaxy Lives Fast and Furiously

The formation is losing gas at an alarming rate due to its speed

Massive Star Cluster Doubling as Galactic Lens – Photo

Massive Star Cluster Doubling as Galactic Lens – Photo

This beautiful image was collected by NASA's flagship telescope

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 31st, 2013
Iron in Our Blood May Have Come from Other Galaxies

Iron in Our Blood May Have Come from Other Galaxies

Experts find iron permeated the Cosmos 10 billion years ago

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 27th, 2012
Massive Galactic Arc Found in Early Universe

Massive Galactic Arc Found in Early Universe

The structure is located billions of light-years away

Awesome Barred Galaxy Captured in Hubble Photo

Awesome Barred Galaxy Captured in Hubble Photo

The structure goes by the easy-to-remember name NGC 1483

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 30th, 2008
Maximum Weight of Massive Black Holes Established

Maximum Weight of Massive Black Holes Established

Astronomers at Yale set a limit for how big black holes can actually get

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 10th, 2008
Hubble Pictures the Coma Cluster

Hubble Pictures the Coma Cluster

The cluster contains mostly elliptic galaxies

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 20th, 2008
New Telescope Camera Will Search for Wandering Stars

New Telescope Camera Will Search for Wandering Stars

Burrel Schmidt telescope will study the evolution of the Virgo galaxy cluster

 
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