01 July 2019
Earliest known galaxy merger detected by ALMA
... pieces together to show that B14-65666 is a pair of merging galaxies in the earliest era of the Universe," explains Hashimoto. "Detection ... are essential not only for star formation and galaxy evolution, but they also help unravel the evolution...
25 May 2020
Clashing galaxies may have triggered Solar System formation says new study
... has transformed our understanding of the Milky Way by producing the most precise three-dimensional map of our galaxy to date; a feat scientists have managed by piecing together about 73 Terabytes of data produced by Gaia as it observed around one...
16 December 2016
Mini-spiral galaxies may transform how dark matter is perceived
... to effectively erase the "individual" variability of each object, thus revealing the general characteristics of the galaxies. "We studied 36 galaxies, which was a sufficient number for statistical study. By doing this, we found a link between the...
12 August 2016
Astronomers spot two merging galaxy clusters bridged by X-rays
... clusters. Diffuse radio emission has been observed within the intercluster medium (ICM) of a large number of galaxy clusters and is therefore thought to be formed as a consequence of shocks and turbulence in massive clusters. Accordingly, the team...
12 February 2019
Fleet Space Technologies hits major milestone with Project Galaxy
...companies across the globe. The possibilities of Project Galaxy’s mass-scale IoT deployments are endless from tracking ...and bandwidth challenges of other solutions on the market. Project Galaxy’s million LoRaWAN™️ devices will join the 50 million LoRa...
24 March 2017
Gravitational waves expel black hole from galaxy centre
... 1 billion suns, that has been kicked out from its parent galaxy by these ripples in space-time. By using the NASA/ESA ... that around 1 - 2 billion years ago, a merger between two galaxies – each with central, massive black holes – took place. As the...