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By Jun 2, 2021
Space

The ‘double-disk’ shape of the Milky Way could be common across galaxies

That’s great news for astronomers.
By May 25, 2021
Space

An ambitious dark energy experiment just went live in Arizona

DESI will make a map of many millions of galaxies to chart the impact of dark energy.
By May 7, 2021
Space

Tiny galaxies may have brought the cosmos out of the dark ages

With strength in numbers, the smallest galaxies may have completely transformed the early cosmos.
By Jan 11, 2021
Space

Behold six galactic collisions, masterfully captured by Hubble

The mergers can teach us about how stars are born.
By Oct 29, 2020
Space

How one Turkish astronomer discovered a completely new kind of galaxy

From Ankara to Arizona, Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil fixes her sights on the faintest stars in the night skies.
By Oct 21, 2020
Space

Meet the disk-shaped halo of hot gas you currently live in

The size and shape of the Milky Way’s halo may hold clues to the history of our universe.
By Jul 9, 2020
Space

Hubble just captured this ‘fluffy’ galaxy in all its flocculent glory

Fuzzy galaxies like NGC 2775 are more common than you think.
Mar 13, 2020
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Lowly slime molds are helping us map out the cosmos

The single-cell organism has helped map invisible regions of the universe.
By Oct 10, 2019
Space

What shape is the universe?

There are three basic options, but one is more likely than the others.
By Aug 9, 2019
Space

This seagull-shaped nebula is a hangout for baby stars

It spans 100 light-years from wingtip to wingtip.