galaxy clusters
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…
Pinning The Tails On Galaxy Clusters
[/caption] When it comes to understanding how galaxies behave both inside and outside of galaxy clusters, it would seem that…
New Dark Matter Census – The Hubble Survey
[/caption] Way off in the constellation of Virgo, galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 -or MACS 1206 for short - is making…
Bending The Rules – Exploring Gravitational Redshift
[/caption] Hey. We're all aware of Einstein's theories and how gravity affects light. We know it was proved during a…
Red-Burning Galaxies… Let’s Get The Party Started!
[/caption] Utilizing the Subaru Telescope, a research team of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and the National Astronomical Society…
Astronomers Find Giant Structures From the Early Universe
[/caption] Looking back to when our Universe was about half the age it is now, astronomers have discovered the most…
Team Finds Most-Distant Galaxy Cluster Ever Seen
[/caption] Like a location from Star Wars, this galaxy cluster is far, far away and with origins a long, long…
How Many Atoms Are There in the Universe?
It's no secret that the universe is an extremely vast place. That which we can observe (aka. "the known Universe")…