Astronomers Discover Unexpected Driver Behind Galactic Chaos
An international team led by Australian research center ASTRO 3D reports that age is the driving force in changing how stars move within galaxies. Galaxies…
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Galactic Genesis Unveiled: JWST Witnesses the Dawn of Starlight
Groundbreaking observations by the James Webb Space Telescope of an early galaxy merger indicate faster and more efficient star formation than previously understood, revealing complex…
Astronomical Appetites: Twin Stars Reveal Planet-Eating Habits
At least one in a dozen stars show evidence of planetary ingestion. At least one in a dozen stars show evidence of planetary ingestion according…
From the Distant Past: JWST Unveils Secrets of 12-Billion-Year-Old Star-Forming Galaxies
New images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have enabled Australian astronomers to uncover secrets of how infant galaxies started an explosion of star…
New Discovery Provides a Clearer Picture of How Galaxies Form and Grow in the Early Universe
Precise mapping of temperature changes provides insights into its evolution. A multinational team of astronomers has developed a temperature map for the cosmic dust swirling…
New Discoveries Could Reveal the Nature of Dark Matter
The dozens of newly identified gravitational lenses could also reveal ancient galaxies. Earlier this year, a machine learning algorithm detected up to 5,000 possible gravitational…
Too Much Heavy Metal Causes Stars To “Act Quite Weirdly”
Stars are giant factories that produce most of the elements in the Universe – including the elements in us, and in the Earth’s metal deposits….
Cosmic Pollution: Astronomers Show Galaxies Pump Out Contaminated Exhausts
Research Reveals How Star-Making Pollutes the Cosmos Galaxies pollute the environment they exist in, researchers have found. A team of astronomers led by Alex Cameron…
Mystery Star Explained by New Type of Massive Cosmic Explosion – 10x More Energetic Than a Supernova
‘Magneto-rotational hypernova’ soon after the Big Bang fuelled high levels of uranium, zinc in ancient stellar oddity. A massive explosion from a previously unknown source…
Detailed Cross-Section of Another Galaxy Reveals Surprising Similarities to Our Milky Way
The first detailed cross-section of a galaxy broadly similar to the Milky Way, published today, reveals that our galaxy evolved gradually, instead of being the…
Complex Mechanics of the Evolution of the Universe: The Secrets of 3000 Galaxies Laid Bare
Completion of the Australian-led astronomy project sheds light on the evolution of the Universe. The complex mechanics determining how galaxies spin, grow, cluster and die…
Unexpected Orbits of Ancient Stars Prompt Rethink on Milky Way Evolution
Australian telescopes and European satellite combine to reveal unexpected motions among the Galaxy’s rarest objects. Theories on how the Milky Way formed are set to…
Colliding Neutron Stars Generate Just Small Amounts of Gold, Creating an Astronomical Mystery
Colliding neutron stars were touted as the main source of some of the heaviest elements in the Periodic Table. Now, not so much … Neutron…
Astronomers Look Back 11 Billion Years and See Unusual “Cosmic Ring of Fire”
Unusual galaxy set to prompt rethink on how structures in the universe form. Astronomers have captured an image of a super-rare type of galaxy —…
Star-Quakes Recorded by NASA Space Telescope Provide Solution to an Astronomical Mystery
Star-quake vibrations lead to new estimate for Milky Way age. Data gathered by NASA’s now defunct Kepler telescope provides a solution to an astronomical mystery….
Spin Doctors: Vast Cosmic Filaments and Galaxy Rotation [Video]
Sky survey provides clues to how galaxies change over time. The direction in which a galaxy spins depends on its mass, researchers have found. A…
Not Long Ago, the Center of the Milky Way Exploded – Cataclysmic Blast of Energy and Radiation
Researchers find evidence of a cataclysmic flare that punched so far out of the galaxy its impact was felt 200,000 light years away. A titanic,…
And Then There Was Light: Hunting the First Stars in the Universe [Video]
Researchers hunt for a 12-billion-year-old signal that marks the end of the post-Big Bang “dark age.” Astronomers are closing in on a signal that has…