The Milky Way’s Double Bubble When it comes to blowing bubbles, never go toe-to-toe with a galaxy. Ten years ago, astronomers were astonished to discover large bubble-like structures emerging from the heart
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Category: Cosmology
The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding
The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding Physicists are checking whether dark matter tickles different types of detectors, nudges starlight, warms
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This Is The Most Exciting Crisis in Cosmology
For as long as there has been a Universe, space has been expanding. It winked into existence roughly 13.8 billion years ago, and has been puffing up ever since, like
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Scientists Discover Mysterious Spiral Structures around a “Planet Factory”
CfA Scientists Discover Mysterious Spiral Structures around a “Planet Factory” Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) announced today the discovery of a complex
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“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind”
“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind” A team of astronomers including Carnegie’s Ting Li and Alexander Ji discovered a stellar
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Stream of local stars formed in another galaxy is evidence of The Milky Way’s violent history
A Vast Stream of Flowing Stars Is Evidence of The Milky Way’s Violent History Using data from the Gaia Milky Way mapping survey, astronomers have discovered a vast
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