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Wandering black hole found in distant galaxy
10-6-2016 |
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Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole floating in the outskirts of a newly merged galaxy.
ESA reveals most detailed Milky Way map ever
9-15-2016 | 20
The European Space Agency has unveiled a map of our galaxy charting the positions of 1.1 billion stars.
'Ghost' galaxy is almost entirely dark matter
8-28-2016 | 3
An enigmatic galaxy known as Dragonfly 44 is believed to be comprised of 99.99 percent dark matter.
Has your suntan come from another galaxy ?
8-13-2016 | 7
A new study has shown that Luke Skywalker is not the only thing to have come from a galaxy far, far away.
Stellar desert discovered in the Milky Way
8-3-2016 | 5
A vast expanse of space totally devoid of new stars has been found at the heart of our own galaxy.
Milky Way has the mass of 700 billion suns
6-1-2016 | 5
Scientists have managed to calculate the mass using a new technique involving globular clusters.
Hubble observes cluster of 'monster' stars
3-22-2016 | 6
The Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a group of massive stars over 170,000 light years away.
Hubble image smashes cosmic distance record
3-4-2016 | 19
The Hubble Space Telescope has managed to take a photograph of the most distant object ever observed.
Giant gas cloud is heading towards our galaxy
VIDEO 1-30-2016 | 6
The cloud of gas will trigger an explosion of star formation but will take 30 million years to get here.
Astronomers photograph colossal explosion
11-10-2015 | 6
A distant galaxy cluster is home to the most powerful explosion to have occurred since the Big Bang.
Enormous black hole has outgrown its galaxy
7-11-2015 | 13
Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole that appears to have grown to a ridiculous size.
5 billion-year-old deep space signal detected
7-7-2015 | 15
Astronomers in Australia have picked up cosmic radio waves originating from a distant galaxy.
Newly discovered galaxy sets distance record
5-6-2015 | 12
Astronomers have identified the most distant galaxy ever recorded at 13 billion light years away.
Hubble captures 'smiley face' in space
2-12-2015 | 14
The Hubble Space Telescope has managed to photograph a rather jovial looking galaxy cluster.
Wormhole may exist at center of our galaxy
1-22-2015 | 34
A new study has opened up the possibility that the center of our galaxy is actually a massive wormhole.
What happens when two black holes collide ?
1-11-2015 | 22
Scientists have been observing the beginnings of a collision between two supermassive black holes.
90% of galaxies may be hostile to life
11-25-2014 | 36
Two astrophysicists have proposed that gamma ray bursts could halt the development of complex life forms.
Half of all stars may be outside galaxies
11-8-2014 | 19
New observations have revealed that the intergalactic void may be filled with orphan stars.
Hubble spies 'ghost lights' of dead stars
11-1-2014 | 9
The space telescope has photographed the eerie remnants of long dead stars in a distant galaxy cluster.
Organic molecules found in interstellar space
9-28-2014 | 12
Astronomers have identified the first signs of life-bearing chemistry at the center of the galaxy.
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