galaxies

Galaxy Interactions Could Cause Overweight Black Holes

[/caption] Yep. It's true. Almost all galaxies are guilty of having a supermassive black hole in their centers. Some even…

13 years ago

Galaxy Zoo Reveals Curious ‘Violin Clef’ Quadruple Galaxy Merger

[/caption] About a month ago, a Galaxy Zoo contributor named Bruno discovered a very unique galaxy merger in the Sloan…

13 years ago

Astronomy Without A Telescope – Green Peas

[/caption] The ground-breaking discovery of a new class of galaxies, Green Peas, in 2009 by a group of Galaxy Zoo…

13 years ago

Are The Milky Way’s First Stars Responsible For Destroying Its Satellite Galaxies?

About a decade ago, standard cosmological models encountered a slight problem when applied to the Milky Way... missing satellite galaxies.…

13 years ago

Is M85 Missing a Black Hole?

[/caption] The conventional wisdom of galaxies is that they should have a central massive black hole (CMBH). The presence of…

13 years ago

New Dark Matter Census – The Hubble Survey

[/caption] Way off in the constellation of Virgo, galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 -or MACS 1206 for short - is making…

13 years ago

Early Galaxies – Clearing The “Cosmic Fog”

[/caption] The seasons are changing for both hemispheres and it's not uncommon to wake up to wonderful, mysterious swirls of…

13 years ago

Even the Early Universe Had the Ingredients for Life

[/caption] For us carbon-based life forms, carbon is a fairly important part of the chemical makeup of the Universe. However,…

13 years ago

Looking Into The Eye Of A Monster – Active Galaxy Markarian 509

[/caption] "The world is a vampire, sent to drain... Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames..." Ah, yes. It's…

13 years ago

Holmberg II – Forever Blowing Bubbles

[/caption] "I'm forever blowing bubbles... Pretty bubbles in the air..." Its name is Holmberg II, and it's a dwarf galaxy…

13 years ago