Image: Spingola et al .; Bill Sexton, NRAO / AUI / NSF. (Others) When the universe was a billion years old, it was a galaxy Accelerated radiation, radiation, fast moving jets and plasma jets in the universe. About 13 billion years later, it is visible to humans in the form …
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The universe is full of galaxy clusters, but Able 2261 is in its own class. In the galaxy in the center of the cluster, where the largest supermassive black hole in the universe should be, astronomers have not been able to locate such an object. And the new discovery only …
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A tiny, mysterious galaxy 44 million light-years away is finally producing its secrets. Last year turned out to be a shockingly low amount of dark matter, which posed a significant challenge to our models of the Galaxy NGC 1052-DF4A Galaxy formation. Those models still live another day. According to new …
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In a very detailed survey of the southern sky using radio waves, astronomers have mapped millions of previously unknown galaxies outside the galaxy. The Rapid ASKAP Continuous Survey (or RACS) has firmly placed CSIRO’s Australian SKA Pathfinder Radio Telescope (ASKAP) on the international astronomy map. While past surveys have taken …
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One of the most beautiful storms in the universe is that shapes and patterns can be found in a wide variety of contexts: the golden spiral can be seen in the shape of the human cochlea and the spiral galaxy; The fragmented geometry of the veins resonated in the branch …
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