Last Updated: Friday, June 28, 2013, 12:05
A new study has revealed that spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way appear to be much larger and more massive than previously believed.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 19:36
Astronomers have detected the raw material for making the first stars in galaxies that formed when the Universe was just three billion years old - less than a quarter of its current age.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 18:16
Astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University have used the Swift satellite to create the most detailed ultraviolet light surveys ever of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 1, 2013, 11:11
With the help of ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array), scientists have observed the "Subaru/XMM-Newton Deep Survey Field" in the direction of the constellation Cetus, and succeeded in identifying 15 dark galaxies.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 9, 2013, 14:05
Astronomers have discovered a never-before-seen cluster of hydrogen clouds strewn between two nearby galaxies, Andromeda (M31) and Triangulum (M33).
Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 15:19
The rare Green Pea galaxies that were discovered by the general public in 2007 could help confirm astronomers` understanding of reionization - a pivotal stage in the evolution of the early universe, according to a new study.
Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 14:07
Scientists have proposed a new method for finding Earth-like planets in our Milky Way galaxy and they anticipate that their number may be up to a whopping 100 billion.
Last Updated: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 10:24
How spiral galaxies like our Milky Way get and maintain their characteristic arms has proved to be an enduring puzzle in astrophysics .
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 11:51
Astronomers have reportedly discovered a new kind of supernova called Type Iax. This new class is fainter and less energetic than Type Iax.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 12:09
New observations by a Caltech-led team have discovered dozens of starburst galaxies that were churning out stars when the universe was just a billion years old.
Last Updated: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 12:51
Black holes are voracious absences at the center of galaxies that shape the growth and death of the stars around them through their powerful gravitational pull and explosive ejections of energy.
Last Updated: Friday, February 22, 2013, 20:09
Astronomers using NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered tantalising evidence for the possible existence of a shell of stars that are a relic of the Milky Way`s past cannibalism of other galaxies.
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