Small, faint and 'unexpected in a lot of different ways': Dwarf galaxy discovery forces rethink of cosmic evolution
A discovery made by a team led by researchers at the University of Michigan tugs at the seams of some key cosmic lessons we ...
Weather delays launch of NASA’s newest space telescope set to search for life’s key ingredients
Weather has delayed NASA’s launch of the SPHEREx telescope to uncover the ingredients for life in our galaxy, as well as the ...
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Unknown spiral structure discovered at the edge of our solar system
Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...
Hidden tunnel in space could connect our solar system with other distant worlds
The entire solar system, ours at least, sits inside a pocket of low density called the Local Hot Bubble (LHB). This cavity in space is 1,000 light-years across, at least, and tips the thermometer at ...
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Our solar system once drifted through Orion’s star-forming region
The solar system moved through a star-forming area near Orion. This event might have increased interstellar dust around Earth ...
Hubble spies a spiral in the constellation Hydra
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a vibrant spiral galaxy called NGC 5042 resides about 48 million light-years ...
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Speeding star offers a rare glimpse of the Milky Way's galactic centre
A star has been spotted shooting away from the heart of our galaxy at around 500 kilometres per second, giving astronomers ...
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'This doesn't appear in computer simulations': Hubble maps chaotic history of Andromeda galaxy, and it's nothing like scientists expected
An ambitious new survey by the Hubble Space Telescope offers the first bird's-eye view of all known dwarf galaxies orbiting ...