Galaxy News

Posted December 6, 2011:

• New All-Sky Map Shows the Magnetic Fields of the Milky Way With the Highest Precision

Posted December 5, 2011:

• Record Massive Black Holes Discovered Lurking in Monster Galaxies

Posted December 2, 2011:

• In the Dragonfish's Mouth: The Next Generation of Superstars to Stir Up Our Galaxy

Posted December 1, 2011:

• Strange New 'Species' of Ultra-Red Galaxy Discovered

Posted November 30, 2011:

• In a Star's Final Days, Astronomers Hunt 'Signal of Impending Doom'
• Astronomers Look to Neighboring Galaxy for Star Formation Insight

Posted November 29, 2011:

• Beast With Four Tails: Milky Way Devouring Neighboring Dwarf Galaxies

Posted November 28, 2011:

• In the Heart of Cygnus, NASA's Fermi Reveals a Cosmic-Ray Cocoon

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Galaxies Are the Ultimate Recyclers, NASA's Hubble Confirms

Posted November 16, 2011:

• Magnetic Fields Set Stage for Birth of New Stars

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Ancient Stars Shed Light on the Prehistory of the Milky Way

Posted November 13, 2011:

• Tarantula Nebula Glows With X-Rays and Infrared Light

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Hubble Uncovers Tiny Galaxies Bursting With Starbirth in Early Universe

Posted November 4, 2011:

• Hubble Directly Observes the Disk Around a Black Hole

Posted November 3, 2011:

• Scientists Study 'Galaxy Zoo' Using Google Maps and Thousands of Volunteers

Posted November 2, 2011:

• Observations of Gamma-Ray Burst Reveal Surprising Ingredients of Early Galaxies

Posted October 28, 2011:

• Planets Smashed Into Dust Near Supermassive Black Holes

Posted October 27, 2011:

• Astronomers Pin Down Galaxy Collision Rate With Hubble Data

Posted October 20, 2011:

• VISTA Finds New Globular Star Clusters and Sees Right Through the Heart of the Milky Way

Posted October 18, 2011:

• Starburst Captured: Students Photograph Exploding Star in Pinwheel Galaxy
• How the Milky Way Killed Off Nearby Galaxies

Posted October 17, 2011:

• Dark Matter Mystery Deepens

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Hubble Survey Carries out a Dark Matter Census

Posted October 12, 2011:

• Clearing the 'Cosmic Fog' of the Early Universe: Massive Stars May Be Responsible

Posted October 11, 2011:

• Suspects in the Quenching of Star Formation Exonerated
• Astrophysicists Find Evidence of Black Holes' Destruction of Stars

Posted October 3, 2011:

• First Images from ALMA Telescope: Hidden Star-Formation in Antennae Galaxies Revealed

Posted September 30, 2011:

• Cosmic Weight Watching Reveals Black Hole-Galaxy History
• Astronomers Reveal Supernova Factory

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Space Telescopes Reveal Secrets of Turbulent Black Hole
• Galaxy Caught Blowing Bubbles

Posted September 28, 2011:

• Light from Galaxy Clusters Confirms General Theory of Relativity

Posted September 15, 2011:

• Small Distant Galaxies Host Supermassive Black Holes, Astronomers Find
• How Single Stars Lost Their Companions

Posted September 14, 2011:

• Milky Way's Spiral Arms Are the Product of an Intergalactic Collision Course; Models Show Dark Matter Packs a Punch

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Vigorous Star Birth Without Galactic Collisions: Herschel Paints New Story of Galaxy Evolution

Posted September 9, 2011:

• Fermi's Latest Gamma-Ray Census Highlights Cosmic Mysteries

Posted September 7, 2011:

• Young Stars Take a Turn in the Spotlight

Posted September 6, 2011:

• Milky Way Galaxy Might Hold Thousands of Ticking 'Time Bombs'

Posted September 1, 2011:

• NASA's Chandra Finds Nearest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes

Posted August 30, 2011:

• Atlas of the Milky Way Leads to Discovery of Two Supernova Remnants

Posted August 29, 2011:

• Discovery Sheds Light on the Ecosystem of Young Galaxies

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Exotic Galaxy Reveals Tantalizing Tale
• Milky Way's Halo Raining Ionized Gas to Fuel Continued Star Formation
• First Glimpse Into Birth of the Milky Way

Posted August 24, 2011:

• How a Distant Black Hole Devoured a Star
• Peculiar Pair of Galaxies Nicknamed 'The Eyes'

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Galaxies Are Running out of Gas: Why the Lights Are Going out in the Universe

Posted August 11, 2011:

• Supernovae Parents Found: Clear Signatures of Gas Outflows from Stellar Ancestors

Posted August 10, 2011:

• Astronomy: A Spectacular Spiral in Leo

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