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Ancient cosmic collisions may have birthed the universe’s most monstrous galaxies
Astronomers have discovered that large flows of cold gas created by collisions between galaxies in the early universe may have…
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Astronomers witness the in situ spheroid formation in distant submillimetre-bright galaxies
An international team of researchers including The University of Tokyo Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe…
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Spiderweb protocluster is filled with baby galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope reveals (image)
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the strands of the Spiderweb protocluster. While the $10…
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5 galaxies in perfect alignment challenge our best model of the universe
Astronomers have discovered a group of dwarf galaxies that are unusually aligned in a near-straight line, with most of them…
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James Webb Space Telescope ‘pushed to its limits’ to see most distant galaxies ever
The James Webb Space Telescope has potentially smashed one of its own records again —- if scientists are correct, this…
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Incredible 2 million mph crash between galaxies rips up wreckage at a dangerous cosmic crossroads
Using one of the most powerful telescopes on Earth, astronomers have witnessed an intimidating 2-million-mile-per-hour (3.2-million-kilometer-per-hour) smash-up between galaxies at…
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Egg-shaped galaxies may be aligned to the black holes at their hearts, astronomers find
Black holes don’t have many identifying features. They come in one color (black) and one shape (spherical). The main difference…
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Hubble Takes a Look at Tangled Galaxies
The Coma Cluster is a particularly rich cluster that contains over a thousand known galaxies. Amateur astronomers can easily spot…
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Galaxies get tangled up in ‘the queen’s hair’ in new Hubble Telescope image
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the “queen’s hair.”…
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Where do fast radio bursts come from? Astronomers tie mysterious eruptions to massive galaxies
Every day, invisible to the human eye, thousands of enigmatic flashes of cosmic energy known as fast radio bursts (FRBs)…
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