galaxy clusters

The Universe is the Same, Everywhere We Look. Even More than Cosmologists Predicted

The Universe is about 10% smoother than we expect, and astronomers aren't entirely sure why.

4 years ago

Complete and Total Mayhem in a Distant Galaxy Collision

A cluster of galaxies is nothing trivial. The shocks, the turbulence, the energy, as all of that matter and energy…

4 years ago

Astronomers See a Pileup of 14 Separate Galaxies in the Early Universe

Using the ALMA array, international team of scientists recently observed 14 galaxies in the early Universe that are about to…

6 years ago

Are Little Blue Dots in the Hubble Frontier Fields Precursors to Globular Clusters?

Using data from the Hubble Frontier Fields program, a team of astronomers has produced a study that indicates how globular…

6 years ago

A Snapshot of a Galactic Crash

Some galaxies shine with a red ghostly glow. Once these galaxies stop forming new stars, they can only host long-lived…

9 years ago

Hubble Spots the Ghostly Light From Dead Galaxies

In a patch of sky 3.5 billion light-years away there are hazy elliptical galaxies, colorful spirals, blue arcs and distorted…

9 years ago

Speca – An Intriguing Look Into The Beginning Of A Black Hole Jet

[/caption] Its name is SPECA - a Spiral-host Episodic radio galaxy tracing Cluster Accretion. That's certainly a mouthful of words…

12 years ago

FourStar Service: Red Galaxy Cluster Hides In Plain Sight

[/caption] Located some 10.5 billion light years away in the general direction of the constellation of Leo, the most distant…

12 years ago

Hubble Captures Giant Lensed Galaxy Arc

[/caption] Less than a year ago, the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 captured an amazing image - a…

12 years ago

Emerging Supermassive Black Holes Choke Star Formation

[/caption] Located on the Chajnantor plateau in the foothills of the Chilean Andes, ESO's APEX telescope has been busy looking…

12 years ago