09 September 2019
Ancient light helps to unravel cosmic "dark age"
... for Radio Astronomy Research at Curtin University in Western Australia. "It is exceptionally weak and there are a lot of other galaxies in between it and us. They get in the way and make it very difficult to extract the information we're after...
14 October 2016
Observable Universe is populated with 10 times as many galaxies as previously thought
..., owing to a combination of factors, such as redshifting of light and absorption of light by intergalactic dust and gas, most of these galaxies are invisible to the human eye – even to modern telescopes – thus ensuring that the night sky remains...
03 November 2021
Astronomers spot the most distant detection of water in a star-forming galaxy
...observations, scientists determined they were actually two galaxies that are probably merging and likely going through... stars. It is likely that a close encounter between the two galaxies in SPT0311-58 is what is fuelling the frenzied star formation. ...
06 June 2016
Galaxies guilty of 'wasting' precious planet building material
... as the circumgalactic medium (CGM) – regions that can span millions of light years – than exist within the galaxies themselves. Galaxies are therefore deprived of a rich source of raw materials needed to build stars and planets. These extensive...
02 August 2016
Astronomers detect large void in the centre of our Galaxy
... the formation and evolution of the Milky Way,” explains co-author Giuseppe Bono. As the structure of the inner Galaxy still remains to be revealed, Matsunaga and team conclude ‘that detailed observations of these objects, such as high-resolution...
12 January 2018
Evidence in DES map of small galaxies being eaten by the Milky Way
...Seeing evidence of stars being torn away from their host galaxy and assimilated into their new, bigger home is incredibly ...just been released along with catalogs of hundreds of millions of galaxies and stars, opens a door to many other studies, like...
