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How did Supermassive Black Holes Form? Collapsing Dark Matter Halos can Explain Them
We don't quite understand how the first supermassive black holes formed so quickly in the young universe. So a team…
New All-Sky Map of the Milky Way’s Galactic Halo
The outer reaches of the Milky Way galaxy are a different place. Stars are much harder to come by, with…
Nearby Ancient Dwarf Galaxies Have a Surprising Amount of Dark Matter
According to new research led from MIT, ancient dwarf galaxies may have had more dark matter than previously thought.
Slime Mold Grows the Same as the Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Matter in the Universe is not distributed equally. It's dominated by super-clusters and the filaments of matter that string them…
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…
Great News! The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Might be Named for Vera Rubin
The U.S. House of Representatives have passed a bill to change the name of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST.)…
These 25 Billion Galaxies are Definitely Living in a Simulation
A team of astrophysicists from UZH has simulated the formation of the entire Universe, producing a catalog that will help…
Dark Matter Halos May Contain Stars
The image on the left shows a portion of our sky, called the Boötes field, in infrared light, while the…
Andromeda Dwarf Galaxies Help Unravel The Mysteries Of Dark Matter
[/caption] Yep. It's that time of year again. Time to enjoy the Andromeda Galaxy at almost every observing opportunity. But…