galaxy clusters
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pinning The Tails On Galaxy Clusters
[/caption] When it comes to understanding how galaxies behave both inside and outside of galaxy clusters, it would seem that…
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…