Tag: Universe
‘Dead’ Galaxies Mysteriously Ran Out of Fuel to Make Stars in...
'Dead' Galaxies Mysteriously Ran Out of Fuel to Make Stars in Early Universe
Taking advantage of a phenomenon that allows astronomers to use...
‘There may not be a conflict after all’ in expanding universe...
Our universe is expanding, but our two main ways to measure how fast this expansion is happening have resulted in different answers. For the...
Astronomers uncover evidence that there could be many more Earth-sized planets...
New findings from a team using the international Gemini Observatory and the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory suggest that Earth-sized worlds...
Cosmic dawn occurred 250 to 350 million years after Big Bang
Analysing images from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, the researchers calculated the age of these galaxies as ranging from 200 to 300 million...
Is dark matter real, or have we misunderstood gravity?
Research shows that certain galaxies deviate from foundation theories of gravity. Scientists are looking into the possibility of relearning gravity in order to understand...
Largest structures in the universe show clear light-shifted signal of rotation
Galaxies reside in filaments hundreds of millions of light-years long, on a backbone of dark matter. And, where those filaments meet, there are galaxy...
Study reveals new details on what happened in the first microsecond...
The first microsecond of Big Bang is a mystery. Studies determine the only matter that existed during the occurence of the Big Bang called...
The universe is overrun with black holes, astronomers predict
A new study published in Nature presents one of the most complete models of matter in the universe and predicts hundreds of massive black...
Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place
This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole’s...