Galaxy News

Posted November 23, 2009:

• Spiral Galaxies: Exploring the Baffling Boxy Bulge

Posted November 21, 2009:

• Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine

Posted November 12, 2009:

• Rapid Star Formation Spotted in 'Stellar Nurseries' of Infant Galaxies

Posted November 10, 2009:

• Middleweight Black Hole: Swift, XMM-Newton Satellites Tune Into X-Ray Source

Posted November 9, 2009:

• 'Dropouts' Pinpoint Earliest Galaxies

Posted November 8, 2009:

• Hubble Image Showcases Star Birth In M83, The Southern Pinwheel

Posted November 4, 2009:

• Shedding Light On The Cosmic Skeleton

Posted November 3, 2009:

• Origin Of Cosmic Rays: VERITAS Telescopes Help Solve 100-Year-Old Mystery

Posted November 2, 2009:

• NASA's Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma Rays From 'Star Factories' In Other Galaxies

Posted October 30, 2009:

• Opening Up A Colorful Cosmic Jewel Box

Posted October 29, 2009:

• Physicist Makes New High-Resolution Panorama Of Milky Way

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Galaxy Cluster Smashes Distance Record

Posted October 17, 2009:

• Galactic Magnetic Fields May Control Boundaries Of Our Solar System

Posted October 14, 2009:

• Milky Way's Tiny But Tough Galactic Neighbor
• Bizarre Galaxy Is Result Of Pair Of Spiral Galaxies Smashing Together

Posted October 4, 2009:

• Heart Of A Galaxy Emits Gamma Rays

Posted October 2, 2009:

• Herschel Views Deep-Space Pearls On A Cosmic String

Posted September 30, 2009:

• 'Ram Pressure' Stripping Galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope Scientists Find

Posted September 22, 2009:

• New Vista Of Milky Way Center Unveiled
• In Search Of Dark Asteroids (And Other Sneaky Things)

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Swift Makes Best-Ever Ultraviolet Portrait Of Andromeda Galaxy

Posted September 16, 2009:

• Sophisticated Telescope Camera Debuts With Peek At Nest Of Black Holes

Posted September 15, 2009:

• Double Nucleus Galaxies: Ravenous Black Holes And Ripples In Space-Time Continuum
• Interactive, 360-Degree Panoramic View Of Entire Night Sky

Posted September 14, 2009:

• Astrophysics: High Energy Galactic Particle Accelerator Located

Posted September 6, 2009:

• Milky Way's Not-So-Distant Cousin Likely Harbors Supermassive Black Hole

Posted September 5, 2009:

• Next-Door Cosmic Encounter: Neighboring Galaxies Collided 2-3 Billion Years Ago

Posted September 2, 2009:

• Giant Galaxy Hosts Most Distant Supermassive Black Hole

Posted August 31, 2009:

• Is The Milky Way Doomed To Be Destroyed By Galactic Bombardment? Probably Not, Study Says

Posted August 30, 2009:

• Star-Birth Myth 'Busted'

Posted August 20, 2009:

• Seeing The Cosmos Through 'Warm' Infrared Eyes
• Galaxies Demand A Stellar Recount

Posted August 16, 2009:

• New Class Of Astronomical Object: Super Planetary Nebulae

Posted August 6, 2009:

• Astronomers Find Hyperactive Galaxies In Early Universe

Posted August 5, 2009:

• NASA's Spitzer Images Out-of-This-World Galaxy

Posted August 2, 2009:

• Integral Disproves Dark Matter Origin For Mystery Radiation

Posted July 29, 2009:

• Cosmic Dance Helps Galaxies Lose Weight

Posted July 28, 2009:

• Galaxy Zoo Hunters Help Astronomers Discover Rare 'Green Pea' Galaxies

Posted July 18, 2009:

• Turbulence Responsible For Black Holes' Balancing Act

Posted July 15, 2009:

• NASA's Fermi Finds Gamma-Ray Galaxy Surprises

Posted July 10, 2009:

• New Kind Of Astronomical Object Around Black Hole: Living Fossil Records 'Supermassive' Kick

Posted July 9, 2009:

• Antimatter Positrons Explain Gamma Ray Mystery In Milky Way Galaxy
• Giant Supernovae Farthest Ever Detected: Dying Stars Shed Light On Universe Formation 11 Billion Years Ago

Posted July 4, 2009:

• Super-Energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole

Posted July 2, 2009:

• Astronomers Discover Pair Of Solar Systems In The Making
• New Class Of Black Holes Discovered

Posted July 1, 2009:

• Dense Knots Of Cold Cosmic Dust Potential Birthplaces Of New Stars Discovered In Inner Regions Of The Milky Way
• Intense Heat Killed The Universe's Would-Be Galaxies, Researchers Say

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