Massive 200-Light-Year Cloud May Be Channeling Matter to the Milky Way’s Core
Astronomers have found a vast, never-before-noticed reservoir of stellar material, hundreds of light-years across, lurking in a cold, dark, starless…
Tag: Galaxies
Hubble Unveils Dark Matter Web in Stunning Abell 209 Galaxy Cluster Image
NASA/ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has released a striking new picture of the large galaxy cluster Abell 209, 2.8 billion light-years…
Hubble Uncovers Multi-Age Stars in Ancient Cluster, Reshaping Galaxy Origins
Astronomers call ancient star clusters like NGC 1786 “time capsules” for their galaxy, preserving some of its oldest stars. A…
JWST Finds Black Hole Between Galaxy Cores, Hinting at Rare Direct Collapse Birth
Astronomers have detected a weird black hole that is causing its galactic host to wobble like a top in the…
James Webb Telescope Spots Rare ‘Cosmic Owl’ Formed by Colliding Galaxies
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the “Cosmic Owl,” a startling owl-faced pair of colliding ring galaxies. This double-ring…
NASA’s Hubble and Webb Discover Bursting Star Formation in Small Magellanic Cloud
Scientists from NASA observed the bursting expansion of gas, stars, and dust from the glittering territory of the dual star…
Scientists Say Dark Matter Could Turn Failed Stars Into ‘Dark Dwarfs’
Astronomers now propose that “failed stars” known as brown dwarfs could be powered by dark matter. Dark matter makes up…
Scientists Trace Universe’s Missing Ordinary Matter Using FRBs and X-rays
Almost half of the matter of the universe is yet hidden from observation, literally unknown to us. Scientists have discovered…
Atacama Telescope Reveals Most Detailed Cosmic Microwave Background Yet
New images from the now-decommissioned Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) provide the most precise glimpse yet of the universe just 380,000…
World’s Largest Digital Camera Installed on Vera Rubin Observatory for Cosmic Exploration
A significant advancement has been made at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory with the successful installation of the Large Synoptic…