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A Tadpole-Shaped Cloud of Gas is Whirling Around a Black Hole
A team of astronomers from Japan have found a strange "Tadpole" shaped dust cloud near the center of our galaxy,…
1 year ago
Supermassive Black Holes Grew by Consuming Gas and Entire Stars
Where do they come from, those beguiling singularities that flummox astrophysicists—and the rest of us. Sure, we understand the processes…
4 years ago
The Earliest Example of Merging Galaxies Ever Found
Galaxy mergers are not particularly rare, but they are important events. Not only for the galaxies involved, but for scientists…
5 years ago
The Most Detailed Map Ever Made of the Milky Way in Radio Waves
A new radio wave map of the Milky Way Galaxy is our most detailed yet and will be the basis…
6 years ago
Galaxies Swell due to Explosive Action of New Stars
A new study by an international team of scientists has revealed that modern galaxy shapes may be the result of…
7 years ago
Here There Be Planets: Stellar Disk Gap May Reveal Newborn Worlds
HiCIAO near-infrared image of the protoplanetary disk around PDS 70. The circular mask hides the star itself, as well as…
11 years ago