galaxies
What is the Closest Galaxy to the Milky Way?
Located just 25,000 light years from our Solar System is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, the closest galaxy to the…
Somebody Get This Supermassive Black Hole A Towel
Two galaxies collide, and one super-massive black hole is stripped almost naked of stars.
How Many Galaxies Are There in the Universe?
Did you hear that the Universe has 10x the number of galaxies? How did astronomers discover this, and what does…
What Are Cosmic Voids?
We talked about the biggest structures in the Universe, but what about the opposite? The biggest empty spaces in the…
The Universe’s Galaxy Population Just Grew Tenfold
New research from a team of UK scientists shows how the early Universe had 10 times more galaxies than previously…
Weekly Space Hangout – October 14, 2016: Europe Crashes the Mars Party
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Guests: Tyler Finlay of the Sally Ride EarthKAM project Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com /…
Best Picture Yet Of Milky Way’s Formation 13.5 Billion Years Ago
A new study of the Milky Way galaxy reveals the ages of different parts of the galaxy, and tells the…
6 Million Years Ago The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Raged
Astrophysicists looking for the Milky Way's missing matter have found that our black hole was very active only 6 million…
Stars Are The Universe’s Neat Freaks
A recently released catalogue showing the results of a Herschel survey has revealed how stars have cleaned the universe over…
New ‘Einstein Ring’ Discovered By Dark Energy Camera
A rare object called an Einstein Ring has been discovered by a team in the Stellar Populations group at the…