galaxies
‘Stealth Merger’ of Dwarf Galaxies Seen in New Images
[/caption] Space may be vast, but accidents can still happen, like when galaxies "collide," usually resulting in the smaller one…
The Milky Way Galactic Disk – Forever Blowing Bubbles
[/caption] Score another one for citizen science! In a study released just days ago, a new catalog containing over five…
The Milky Way’s Magnetic Personality
[/caption] Recently we took a look at a very unusual type of map - the Faraday Sky. Now an international…
Hubble Captures a Classic Barred Spiral Galaxy
[/caption] Is this what we look like? Astronomers don't know for sure exactly what the Milky Way looks like, but…
Hubble Captures Giant Lensed Galaxy Arc
[/caption] Less than a year ago, the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 captured an amazing image - a…
Emerging Supermassive Black Holes Choke Star Formation
[/caption] Located on the Chajnantor plateau in the foothills of the Chilean Andes, ESO's APEX telescope has been busy looking…
Distant Invisible Galaxy Could be Made Up Entirely of Dark Matter
[/caption] Astronomers can’t see it but they know it’s out there from the distortions caused by its gravity. That statement…
First-Ever Image of a Black Hole to be Captured by Earth-Sized Scope
[/caption] "Sgr A* is the right object, VLBI is the right technique, and this decade is the right time." So…
Wandering Stars Shed Light on Milky Way’s Past
[/caption]Like a worldly backpacker, many stars in the Milky Way Galaxy have made interesting journeys, and have interesting stories to…
What Color is the Milky Way? White as Snow (not Milk)
[/caption] What color would the Milky Way appear to alien civilizations looking at our galaxy through their telescopes? It turns…