Gravitational Lensing
Novel Strategy May Help Target Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life
Discovering life beyond Earth might just be the holy grail of science. And even though we have yet to find…
Astronomers Spy Early Galaxies Caught In A Cosmic Spiderweb
Once upon a time, when the Universe was just about three billion years old, galaxies started to form. Now astronomers…
Where Is Dark Matter Most Dense? Subaru Telescope Gets Some Hints
Put another checkmark beside the "cold dark matter" theory. New observations by Japan's Subaru Telescope are helping astronomers get a…
Watch Live Webcast: Space Warps
Want to join the hunt for new galaxies? During a special G+ Hangout today, June 5, a team of astronomers…
Early Galaxies Churned Out Stars Like Crazy
Talk about an assembly line! Some early-stage galaxies created stars thousands of times faster than our Milky Way does today, according…
NASA Finds a Space Invader
Pew pew! NASA has found a Space Invader, but they won’t be activating any laser cannons to shoot it down.…
Now Even Further: Ancient Galaxy is Latest Candidate for Most Distant
It seems that every few months or so comes a new discovery of a new “most distant galaxy ever found.”…
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…
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…
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…