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Oct 28, 2021 9:00 AM
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Aug 02, 2021
See galactic triplets play tug-of-war in Hubble’s latest snapshot
Back in action, Hubble delivers another stunning glimpse into the cosmos.
Jun 02, 2021
The ‘double-disk’ shape of the Milky Way could be common across galaxies
That’s great news for astronomers.
May 25, 2021
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.
May 07, 2021
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.
Jan 11, 2021
Behold six galactic collisions, masterfully captured by Hubble
The mergers can teach us about how stars are born.
Oct 29, 2020
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.
Oct 21, 2020
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.
Jul 09, 2020
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
Lowly slime molds are helping us map out the cosmos
The single-cell organism has helped map invisible regions of the universe.
Oct 10, 2019
What shape is the universe?
There are three basic options, but one is more likely than the others.
