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A unique pair of galactic lenses may help solve a cosmological riddle
The brightest white spots and the red arc are six images of the same quasar created by the…
Stellar views of some of the most spectacular sights in the universe
Galaxy Messier 82 (M82), also known as the cigar galaxy NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScIAURA); J. Gallagher (University of…
We finally know exactly how dark deep space is
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in deep space NASA, APL, SwRI, Serge Brunier (ESO), Marc Postman (STScI), Dan Durda…
Astronomers puzzled by little red galaxies that seem impossibly dense
JWST images of little red dot galaxies Josephine F.W. Baggen et al. (2024) Strangely bright galaxies spotted by…
Banana-shaped galaxies are helping unpeel the mysteries of dark matter
Astronomers have been spotting strange banana-shaped galaxies and the evidence seems to indicate that filaments of dark matter…
Galaxy cluster smash-up lets us observe dark matter on its own
When galaxy clusters collided, the dark matter (blue) sailed ahead of the normal matter (orange) W.M. Keck Observatory/Adam…
This mind-blowing map shows Earth’s position within the vast universe
This story is part of our Cosmic Perspective series, in which we confront the staggering vastness of the…
Amazing new images of galaxies and nebulae caught by Euclid telescope
Euclid’s image of the star-forming region Messier 78 Messier 78 ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA…
How could we give boring blobby galaxies a new, exciting shape?
Dead Planets Society is a podcast that takes outlandish ideas about how to tinker with the cosmos –…
Astronomers have found what may be the smallest galaxy ever
This deep sky image (left) contains a star cluster (right) that could be the faintest and smallest galaxy…