galactic evolution
Weekly Space Hangout: October 7, 2019 – Marina Kounkel talks Stars and How They Form
Hosts:Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain)Sondy Springmann (@sondy)Beth Johnson (@planetarypan)Michael Rodruck (@michaelrodruck) This week we welcome Dr. Marina Kounkel, a postdoctoral…
We’re in the Milky Way’s Second Life. Star Formation was Shut Down for Billions of Years
According to a new study, the Milky Way Galaxy experienced two periods of star formation, with a two-billion dormancy period…
Facial Recognition Deep Learning Software is Surprisingly Good at Identifying Galaxies Too
An international team of astronomers recently used deep learning to identify patterns in images of galaxies taken by the Hubble…
Hubble Finds a Galaxy with Almost no Dark Matter
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and other ground-based observatories, a team of astronomers have found a galaxy that…
The Universe’s Galaxy Population Just Grew Tenfold
New research from a team of UK scientists shows how the early Universe had 10 times more galaxies than previously…
Best Picture Yet Of Milky Way’s Formation 13.5 Billion Years Ago
A new study of the Milky Way galaxy reveals the ages of different parts of the galaxy, and tells the…
Hubble Vision: Galaxy DDO 68 – Young Or Old?
Only astronomers know for sure... Or do they? In this assembly of images taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys,…
Nearby Stream of Stars Reveals Past Cosmic Collision
The tangled remains of vast cosmic collisions can be seen across the universe, such as the distant Whirlpool Galaxy’s past…
Pushy Black Holes Stop Elliptical Galaxies From Forming Stars
Contradicting past theories, cold gas has been found in abundance in some elliptical galaxies -- showing that there must be…
The Great Galactic Turn-Off
Are you ready for a new galactic puzzle? Then let's start with some clues. It has been long assumed that…