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Weekly Space Hangout – Sep. 20, 2012
Once again, it's time for the Weekly Space Hangout - our round up of all the big space news stories…
Early Galaxy Found from the Cosmic ‘Dark Ages’
In the big image at left, the many galaxies of a massive cluster called MACS J1149+2223 dominate the scene. Gravitational…
Found: Two ‘Exact Matches’ to the Milky Way Galaxy
This image shows one of the two ‘exact matches’ to the Milky Way system found in a new survey. The…
Take a Flight Through Our Universe, Thanks to New 3-D Map of the Sky
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) has released the largest three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes…
Tranquil Galaxy is Home to Violent Events
This beautiful spiral galaxy looks peaceful, with its swirling white and blue arms appearing like they could be home to…
Dark Galaxies Found from the Early Universe
Caption: This deep image shows the region of the sky around the quasar HE0109-3518, near the center of the image.…
Wishing the Zooniverse a Happy 5th Birthday!
Galaxy Zoo was a project set up in July 2007 by astronomers Chris Lintott and Kevin Schawinski asking members of…
Mysterious Arc of Light Spotted with Spitzer Telescope
From a JPL press release: Seeing is believing, except when you don't believe what you see. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble…
Early “Elemental” Galaxy Found 12.4 Billion Light Years Away
This is definitely a story about a galaxy long ago and far away. An international team of researchers using the…
Hubble Captures ‘Fake’ Cosmic Collision
The image above looks like a classic example of a collision between two galaxies. However, Hubble scientists have determined, this…