galaxies
With No Smoke or Mirrors, Spacecraft Hunts for Active Galaxies with Central Black Holes
[/caption] NASA's Swift spacecraft is designed to hunt for gamma-ray bursts. But in the time between these almost-daily cosmic explosions,…
Hubble, Spitzer Collaborate for Stunning Panorama of Galactic Center
[/caption] Two of the biggest space telescopes have combined forces to create a HUGE panorama of the center of the…
Water ‘Way Out There
[/caption] A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there was water. Astronomers have found tell-tale signatures of…
Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt: A Supermassive Black Hole Lives in Centre of Our Galaxy
[/caption] One the one hand, this might not be surprising news, but on the other, the implications are startling. A…
“Loner” Galaxy is Actually in the ‘Hood
[/caption] Astronomers have long wondered why a small, nearby, isolated galaxy is pumping out new stars faster than any galaxy…
Deepest Ultraviolet Image Shows a Sea of Distant Galaxies
[/caption] Dive right in to this image that contains a sea of distant galaxies! The Very Large Telescope has obtained…
GALEX Spies a Ghost — And It’s Alive!
[/caption] Halloween means its time for ghost stories and here's a mysterious astronomical story about the "Ghost of Mirach." When…
‘Cosmic Eye’ Helps Focus on Distant Galaxy’s Formation
[/caption] Using gravitational lensing, astronomers have been able to see a young star-forming galaxy in the distant universe as it…
Watch Out! Galactic Collisions Could Snuff Out Star Formation
[/caption] It's a violent universe out there! Yesterday we ran an article about galaxies colliding and forming fireballs. Today, there's…
Galaxy Ramming Through Space Creates Fireballs
[/caption] During routine observations of the Coma Cluster of galaxies using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, astronomers discovered a thread-like…