29 March 2018
A see-through galaxy questions the need for dark matter
... component of the Universe – making up a whopping ~80 percent of its mass – and the invisible glue that holds galaxies and galaxy clusters together. Although it has never been directly observed, scientists are confident that this elusive material...
30 August 2018
Unstoppable monster galaxy puzzles and enlightens astronomers
... of the research paper published in the journal Nature. Starburst galaxies are called so because they churn out stars at a frenzied... at a moderate pace. In this way star formation in galaxies is self-regulating. But, in COSMOS-AzTEC-1, the pressure ...
17 February 2017
Researchers suggest a new natural law can explain the rotation of galaxies
...'s discovery that the tight correlation in the observed acceleration and gravitational acceleration existed in spiral and irregular galaxies, a team led by Case Western Reserve University, have extended their original data of 153 spiral and irregular...
07 November 2016
Astronomers detect a trio of unusual dwarf galaxies in the voids of the cosmic web
...along these threads and at the intersections of these filaments galaxies merge to become clusters, and then super clusters through...a scaled down version of a nearby interacting group of galaxies known as M81. Despite being roughly five times larger ...
31 August 2016
Record-breaking galaxy cluster discovered
...amazing growth spurt unlike any we've ever seen.” Galaxy clusters are the largest known gravitationally bound structures ...going to learn a lot about the formation of clusters and the galaxies they contain by studying this object, and we’re going to be...
15 August 2018
Space is dark and not as full of galaxies as we thought, new study shows
... discovered that the region in question had far fewer galaxies than they expected – proving that starlight was unable ...made more transparent by ultraviolet light from nearby galaxies, fewer galaxies would make a specific area darker. The researchers...
