galaxies
Supermassive Black Hole Winds Were Already Blowing Less Than a Billion Years After the Big Bang
New evidence shows that black holes and galaxies have a significant effect on each other in young galaxies.
Rare Triple Galaxy Merger With at Least Two Supermassive Black Holes
One of the best things about that universe is that there is so much to it. If you look hard…
Protogalaxy Cluster Found When the Cosmic Fog Was Starting to Clear, When the Universe Was Just 750 Million Years Old
Origin stories are a focus of many astronomical studies. Planetary formation, solar system formation, and even galaxy formation have long…
Astronomers Can Predict When a Galaxy’s Star Formation Ends Based on the Shape and Size of its Disk
A galaxy's main business is star formation. And when they're young, like youth everywhere, they keep themselves busy with it.…
When Galaxies Collide, Black Holes Don’t Always Get the Feast They Were Hoping for
What happens when galaxies collide? Well, if any humans are around in about a billion years, they might find out.…
Galaxy Mergers can Boost Star Formation, and it can Also Shut it Down
Galaxy mergers are beautiful sights, but ultimately deadly. In the midst of the collision, the combined galaxy will shine brighter…
An Active Galaxy That Erupts Predictably Every 114 Days Or So
Computers are known for their ability to spot patterns. It’s what they are good at, and over the last 50+…
The Universe in Formation. Hubble Sees 6 Examples of Merging Galaxies
Audio narration by the author is available above 10 billion years ago, galaxies of the Universe were ablaze with the…
This is the Fireworks Galaxy. It’s had ten Supernovae in the Last Century Alone
Say hello to NGC 6946, otherwise known as the Fireworks Galaxy. This little galaxy is the most prolific producer of…
This galaxy took only 500 million years to form
Galaxies are supposed to build up a very slowly, taking billions of years to acquire their vast bulk. But a…