Two Huge Galactic Clusters Are Colliding Millions of Light-Years ...
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Astronomers have spotted two monster galactic clusters slamming together in one of the biggest collisions ever recorded. The smash-up poses no danger to Earth -- it is about 800 million light-years away, and
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True Identity of a Dwarf Galaxy RevealedNew data obtained on the apparent celestial couple, NGC 5011 B and C, taken with the 3.6-m ESO telescope, reveal that the two galaxies are not at the same distance, as was believed for the past 23 years.
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Astronomers believe they've picked up light generated 13 billion years ago by some of the first stars in the universe.
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One of the hottest, most energetic mergers of two colossal galaxy clusters has been imaged in exquisite detail by an X-ray observatory in space, astronomers announced on Thursday.
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Several dozen baby galaxies have turned up in galactic retirement communities near the Milky Way, new observations reveal. The objects resemble primitive galaxies from the early universe and may shed light on what triggers galaxies to form.
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Hubble's still got it In a galaxy far, far away, a period of unusually intense star formation is underway. Thousands upon thousands of new stars are blazing into life, as a starburst rips through the galaxy NGC 4449.â¦
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Two independent teams of astronomers are reporting that they might be zeroing in on the time that bright galaxies began to light up the primordial universe.
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STUNNING images have captured what astronomers call &quot;the graceful interactions of a galactic ballet, played out on a stage some 300 million light years away&quot;.
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A giant hydrogen gas cloud will create new stars when it hits our galaxy in 20-40 million years' time.
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Galaxies that formed just 700 million years after the birth of the universe have been detected by scientists in California and Japan.
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The sun may have captured millions of asteroids from another planetary system during an encounter more than 4 billion years ago, astronomers report today.
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US astronomers have discovered massive new galaxies evolving in our corner of the universe. This means that galaxy-forming processes thought to have ended eons ago continue relatively nearby
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Evidence for an awesome upheaval in a massive galaxy cluster was discovered in an image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
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The Sun may have captured thousands or even millions of asteroids from another planetary system during an encounter more than four billion years ago, astronomers are reporting today.
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1m star clusters form consternation in night sky A group of scientists are looking for internet volunteers to take part in what they claim will be the largest galactic census ever compiled.â¦
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A jet of highly charged radiation from a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy is blasting another galaxy nearby -- an act of galactic violence that astronomers said yesterday they have never seen before.
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A telescope arms race is taking shape around the world. Astronomers are drawing up plans for the biggest, most powerful instruments ever constructed, capable of peering far deeper into the universe Â and further back in time Â than ever before.