Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 11:31
Astronomers have discovered more than 100 small, dwarf galaxies with characteristics indicating that they harbor massive black holes feeding on surrounding gas; this could help resolve the question as to how black holes originated and grew in the early universe.
Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 21:38
NASA`s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a massive cloud of multimillion-degree gas in a galaxy about 60 million light-years from Earth.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 11, 2013, 11:12
UC Irvine scientists have measured the least massive galaxy in the known universe, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holding them together.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 13:05
Astronomers have discovered a faint dwarf galaxy and another possible young dwarf caught before it had a chance to form any stars.
Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2012, 19:05
A “tidal” dwarf galaxy (TDG) has been detected by a team of astronomers from Queen’s University, the Royal Military College of Canada (RMCC) and their world-wide collaborators.
Last Updated: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 18:07
Astronomers have spotted a rare mid-weight black hole some 290 million light-years from Earth.
Last Updated: Friday, November 11, 2011, 10:56
NASA`s powerful Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a number of young dwarf galaxies brimming with star formation.
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