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Results for "galaxies"
Is the Universe running out of stars?
Astronomers are discovering that the rate of star formation in the universe is dropping, and they want to know why.
The curious case of a star-forming ring in the NGC 3182 galaxy
An unexpected finding in the heart of the NGC 3182 galaxy led to an intriguing search for the origins of a ring of star-forming gas.
World’s most advanced detector ready to shed light on dark matter
The LUX-ZEPLIN detector is now operational and ready to capture weakly interacting particles believed to be the constituents of dark matter.
First images from James Webb Space Telescope published by NASA
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Mapping the gas web of the Tarantula Nebula
New images of the Tarantula Nebula help us understand how intense star formation at its center impacts the rest of the nebula.
Does dark matter really exist?
Tweaking the rules of gravity via Modified Newtonian dynamics provides a possible alternative explanation for the behavior of galaxies
Supermassive black holes on a collision course
45 years worth of radio telescope observations have identified a pair of supermassive black holes at the core of two galaxies set to merge.
Dwarf galaxy reveals new structure in the Local Void
Strange behaviour in an isolated galaxy leads to the discovery of matter in a region of space previously thought to be empty.
Neptune’s unexpectedly cool summer
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