Gas motion in the Centaurus galaxy cluster challenges star formation assumptions
Kokoro Hosogi, a physics student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has achieved a rare honor for an ...
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Euclid telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' hiding near Earth — and an ancient, unnamed galaxy behind it
Einstein predicted the existence of gravitationally-warped rings of light in 1915. Now, a new one has been discovered just a ...
Astronomers just found the largest known object in the entire universe
Researchers say they've discovered the largest known object in the universe, a galactic superstructure called Quipu.
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An Enormous, Branching String of Galaxy Clusters Is the Largest Known Structure in the Universe, Scientists Say
The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...
Supercomputer simulations of giant radio galaxy formation challenge current theoretical models
Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...
Ghost Galaxies Revealed: Stunning New Discoveries Unlock Secrets of the Early Universe
In a significant astronomical discovery, researchers found three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, offering new insights into the ...
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'Bull's-eye!' Hubble telescope spots record-shattering 9-ring galaxy — and the cosmic 'dart' that smashed through its center
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with ...