galaxy clusters
By Measuring Light From Individual Stars Between Galaxy Clusters, Astronomers Find Clues About Dark Matter
Astronomers have been able to measure an extremely faint glow of light within galaxy clusters, and that measurement came with…
Matter makes up exactly 31.5±1.3% of the Universe
Weighing the universe is a tricky task, but a team of astronomers have used a clever technique to measure how…
The Universe is the Same, Everywhere We Look. Even More than Cosmologists Predicted
The Universe is about 10% smoother than we expect, and astronomers aren't entirely sure why.
Complete and Total Mayhem in a Distant Galaxy Collision
A cluster of galaxies is nothing trivial. The shocks, the turbulence, the energy, as all of that matter and energy…
Astronomers See a Pileup of 14 Separate Galaxies in the Early Universe
Using the ALMA array, international team of scientists recently observed 14 galaxies in the early Universe that are about to…
Are Little Blue Dots in the Hubble Frontier Fields Precursors to Globular Clusters?
Using data from the Hubble Frontier Fields program, a team of astronomers has produced a study that indicates how globular…
A Snapshot of a Galactic Crash
Some galaxies shine with a red ghostly glow. Once these galaxies stop forming new stars, they can only host long-lived…
Hubble Spots the Ghostly Light From Dead Galaxies
In a patch of sky 3.5 billion light-years away there are hazy elliptical galaxies, colorful spirals, blue arcs and distorted…
Speca – An Intriguing Look Into The Beginning Of A Black Hole Jet
[/caption] Its name is SPECA - a Spiral-host Episodic radio galaxy tracing Cluster Accretion. That's certainly a mouthful of words…
FourStar Service: Red Galaxy Cluster Hides In Plain Sight
[/caption] Located some 10.5 billion light years away in the general direction of the constellation of Leo, the most distant…