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We Finally Know Why Galaxies Stop Forming Stars
Scientists have been scratching their heads for ages, trying to figure out why some galaxies just stop churning out stars.
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When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible
By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...
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Experts Stunned After Witnessing Rare Phenomenon Known as the 'Einstein Ring' Captured by a Space Telescope
Experts Stunned After Witnessing Rare Phenomenon Known as the 'Einstein Ring' Captured by a Space Telescope Countless cosmic ...
James Webb telescope captures detailed image of Leo P: Why the dwarf galaxy is special
Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
First Direct Image of the Cosmic Web Reveals the Universe’s Hidden Highways
A cosmic filament, 3 million light-years long, has been directly imaged for the first time — offering a new glimpse into the ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
'We were amazed': Astronomers discover oldest, biggest black hole jet in the known universe — and there may be more
Astronomers have used a continent-sized radio telescope to find the largest black hole jet ever observed in the early ...
Scientists share groundbreaking image of the 'cosmic web' connecting 2 galaxies near the dawn of time
After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" ...
Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe
Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...
How the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprisingly bright, complex and element-filled early universe – podcast
(THE CONVERSATION) If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans ...