Galaxy News

Posted June 6, 2001:

• Cornell Astronomers Use Arecibo Observatory To Reveal Radio Beacons, Called OH Megamasers, That Yield Galactic Clues

Posted June 5, 2001:

• Very Small Galactic Bulge Could Change Ideas Of Galaxy Formation
• Astronomers Report Galactic Baby Boom
• Massive Star Clusters Swaddled In Huge Cocoons During Infancy

Posted May 15, 2001:

• Chandra X-Ray Observatory Examines Black Holes Large And Small In Nearby Galaxy
• Astronomers Find "Spaghetti" Twirling Around In Galaxy

Posted May 9, 2001:

• Colliding Galaxies Provide Clues To Star Formation In Early Universe

Posted May 4, 2001:

• Latest Investigations Of Orion Nebula Lower Odds Of Planet Formation

Posted April 27, 2001:

• "Survivor" Planets: Astronomers Witness First Steps Of Planet Growth And Destruction

Posted March 22, 2001:

• Seventy-Year Quest For Galactic Dark Matter Ends With Discovery Of Population Of Cool White Dwarfs In The Halo Of Our Galaxy

Posted March 8, 2001:

• Hubble Spies Huge Clusters Of Stars Formed By Ancient Encounter

Posted March 2, 2001:

• Hubble Camera Captures A "Galaxy On The Edge"

Posted February 26, 2001:

• Galaxy Formation Not Random, Says Astronomer

Posted February 21, 2001:

• Chandra Finds Most Distant X-Ray Cluster

Posted February 20, 2001:

• Galaxies And Black Holes: You Can't Have One Without The Other

Posted February 7, 2001:

• Titanic Collision Seen Between Distant Galaxy Clusters

Posted January 24, 2001:

• Scientists Discover Supernova May Control Activity In The Center Of Our Galaxy

Posted January 10, 2001:

• Astronomers Find Evidence Of An Extreme Warp In The Stellar Disk Of The Andromeda Galaxy

Posted January 9, 2001:

• Astronomers Discover More Than 150 Rapidly Moving Stars In The Milky Way
• Yale Astronomers Discover Remains Of Ancient Galaxies In The Milky Way
• Simultaneous Stellar Explosions Create Swiss-Cheese Structure In Distant Galaxy
• Survey's Early Results Hint At Galactic Fossils

Posted January 1, 2001:

• "Red Dots" May Re-Write The History Of The Universe

Posted December 26, 2000:

• University Of Texas Researchers Measure Supermassive Black Holes In Distant Galaxies

Posted November 30, 2000:

• Astrophysicists Discover Most Distant Galaxy Known Is Not As Far Away As Once Believed

Posted November 3, 2000:

• High Rate Of Star Births Linked To Supermassive Black Holes

Posted September 12, 2000:

• Chandra Clinches Case For Unexpected Black Hole Discovery

Posted August 8, 2000:

• Astronomers Discover Youngest Massive Star Cluster In Milky Way

Posted July 4, 2000:

• Deuterium Raining Into The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy

Posted June 7, 2000:

• Chandra Catches Cannibal Galaxy In The Act
• Dwarf Galaxy Provides Clues About Early Universe, Says Team Led By UMass Astronomer

Posted June 5, 2000:

• Galaxies Collide And Binary Black Holes Result According To Rutgers Astronomers
• Black Holes Shed Light On Galaxy Formation

Posted May 23, 2000:

• Astronomers Wipe Clean Their Cosmic Window

Posted May 17, 2000:

• Chandra Survey Of Distant Galaxies Provides Evidence For Vigorous Starbursts

Posted May 16, 2000:

• Scientists Find Evidence For Black Hole In Nearby Galaxy

Posted April 17, 2000:

• Astrophysicist Maps Out Our New Galaxy

Posted March 22, 2000:

• Astronomers Discover "Feeding" Mechanism For Black Holes

Posted March 10, 2000:

• Hubble Surveys Dying Stars In Nearby Galaxy

Posted February 18, 2000:

• Freeze Or Fry -- University of Michigan Physicist Predicts Solar System's Ultimate Fate
• Astronomer Uses Computers To Simulate Supernova Explosions

Posted January 31, 2000:

• New Technique To Help Astronomers Deal With Wealth Of Data

Posted January 17, 2000:

• The Star Splitter: Microlensing Technique Pioneered By NSF Researchers Finds Lone Black Holes Adrift In The Galaxy

Posted January 13, 2000:

• Chandra Finds A "Cool" Black Hole At The Heart Of The Andromeda Galaxy
• Chandra Images The Seething Cauldron Of Starburst Galaxy
• Chandra Image May Reveal Black Hole In The Milky Way
• Which Came First: Black Hole Or Galaxy?
• FUSE Spacecraft Observes Interstellar Lifeblood Of Galaxies

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