galaxies
How Spiral Galaxies Get Their Shape
Spiral galaxies are an iconic form. They're used in product logos and all sorts of other places. We even live…
There’s a New Record for the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Seen: 40 Billion Solar Masses
Astronomers have spotted a 40 billion solar mass black hole in the Abell 85 cluster of galaxies. They found the…
Astronomers Find a Galaxy Containing Three Supermassive Black Holes at the Center
NGC 6240 is a puzzle to astronomers. For a long time, astronomers thought the galaxy is a result of a…
The Most Massive Galaxies Spin More Than Twice as Fast as the Milky Way
Based on new observations of super spiral galaxies, a team of scientists has found that they have massive dark matter…
Astronomers Have Found a Place With Three Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Around Each Other
Astronomers have spotted three supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the center of three colliding galaxies a billion light years away…
Elliptical Galaxy Messier 110 Has a Surprising Core of Hot Blue Stars
Messier 110 (NGC 205) is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy. It's a dwarf elliptical galaxy, a common type of…
Astronomers Uncover Dozens of Previously Unknown Ancient and Massive Galaxies
An international team of astronomers led by the University of Tokyo used ALMA to view 39 previously-undiscovered ancient galaxies.
A Monster Black Hole has been Found with 40 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun
If contemplating the vast size of astronomical objects makes you feel rather puny and insignificant, then this new discovery will…
Meet Our Neighbour, The Local Void. Gaze Into It, Puny Humans.
Our planet is part of the larger structure of the Solar System, shaped and made stable by the force of…
Hubble Spots “Impossible” Debris Disk Around a Black Hole
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently observed a bright disk around a black hole that defies…