Tracking down black holes at the center of dwarf galaxies has proven difficult. In part it is because they have a tendency to ...
Take a tour of the Hydra I galaxy cluster. A galaxy in the region, NGC 3312, is "losing cold gas as it moves through the hot ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured 19 spiral galaxies "face-on" in near- and mid-infrared. The images "show stars, ...
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While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...
The discovery highlights intense, hidden starbursts that shaped early galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...
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Dive into the dazzling depths of the universe with this galaxy-themed trivia quiz that spans cosmic facts, mysterious ...
Mumbai researchers unveil twin rings around a galaxy, enhancing our understanding of mysterious cosmic phenomena through ...