Wicked High-Definition Image of the Cosmic Web Shows the Universe’s Dark Matter Scaffolding
New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.
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SPHEREx is short for short for: Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer.
101 Galaxies Later: Why the Milky Way Stands Out in the Universe
New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
Scientists from Chile, using MUSE, discover the first cosmic image of the highways that connect galaxies in the universe
Astronomers capture a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, offering a rare glimpse into the hidden framework of the universe.
Ghost Galaxies Revealed: Stunning New Discoveries Unlock Secrets of the Early Universe
In a significant astronomical discovery, researchers found three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, offering new insights into the ...
What Is Quipu? Scientists Discover Superstructure Larger Than the Milky Way
Quipu, Hercules, Serpens–Corona Borealis and Sculptor–Pegasus are all larger than the fifth and final superstructure ...
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Searching the entire sky for the secrets to our universe
"but we'll see the aftermath from it and learn about the beginning of the universe that way. We can use [infrared] to determine the distance to galaxies to build up that three-dimensional map." ...