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A galaxy is a system of stars, gas and dust, held together by gravitational pulls. Galaxies are usually separated from each other by vast distances measured in millions of light-years.
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APR 24, 2022Space & Astronomy
32 years ago today, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed i ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 21, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Think of a snowball mixed with dust and tiny rocks but twice the size of the state of Rhode Island. This space snowball, ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurAPR 18, 2022Microbiology
We've learned a lot about life that came before us by studying fossils. The ancestry and evolution of ancient microbial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
A team of international researchers have observed the center of galaxy NGC 7727 and found two supermassive black holes ( ...Written By: Matthew LundyNOV 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
Carl Sagan was born November 9, 1934, 87 years ago today. He would go on to become one of the most influential voices in ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
Exoplanets are planets that exist outside of our solar system, and until recently, they have only been found within the ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 21, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Gazing up at the night sky as a child, I loved to point out the satellites blinking in the night sky. Often, I could see ...Written By: Hannah DanielOCT 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly. ...Written By: Matthew LundyOCT 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1 ...Written By: Hannah DanielSEP 22, 2021Chemistry & Physics
In what could be a revolutionary discovery, a team of physicists from the XENON Collaboration may have detected dark ene ...Written By: Matthew LundySEP 20, 2021Space & Astronomy
Gamma rays have been observed in parts of the sky that seem to be 'empty,' so researchers have long-wondered about their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2021Space & Astronomy
Ultradiffuse galaxies are difficult to find because they aren't very bright since their stars are so far apart. They ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
It should be safe for humans to travel to Mars, provided journeys don’t take more than four years. The correspondi ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 26, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Sitting at 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way. Since it&rsquo ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
The feeding patterns of black holes are directly correlated to their size. The corresponding study was published in ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
The Earth's atmosphere often muffles views from ground-based telescopes when observing space. Now, a research c ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 09, 2021Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope has captured evidence of mysterious free-floating planets, or planets that are alone in deep ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 04, 2021Space & Astronomy
It's been estimated that the universe began about 13.8 billion years ago in a violent explosion known as the Big Bang. R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Article Summary As the COVID-19 pandemic dies down, its effects will echo throughout the STEM field. Physics and chemist ...Written By: Claire AdamsJUN 22, 2021Space & Astronomy
Even though we still cannot detect dark matter, many researchers are confident that exists. It seems to act as a kind of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 18, 2021Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers highlights the cyclic patterns of geologic activity on Earth. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 12, 2021Cancer
In an interdisciplinary breakthrough, a recent study published in Science describes the development of a new platform, d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 30, 2021Space & Astronomy
A detailed cross-section of another galaxy, known as YGC 10738, has cast previous ideas of how the Milky Way was formed ...Written By: Annie Lennon
APR 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
32 years ago today, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery and deployed i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 21, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Think of a snowball mixed with dust and tiny rocks but twice the size of the state of Rhode Island. This space snowball,
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
APR 18, 2022
Microbiology
We've learned a lot about life that came before us by studying fossils. The ancestry and evolution of ancient microbial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A team of international researchers have observed the center of galaxy NGC 7727 and found two supermassive black holes (
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
NOV 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Carl Sagan was born November 9, 1934, 87 years ago today. He would go on to become one of the most influential voices in
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Exoplanets are planets that exist outside of our solar system, and until recently, they have only been found within the
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 21, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Gazing up at the night sky as a child, I loved to point out the satellites blinking in the night sky. Often, I could see
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
OCT 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
One of the most difficult aspects of studying space is that most things, on the astronomical scale, happen very slowly.
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
OCT 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In 2020, scientists observed something incredible: they had measured a gamma-ray burst from a distant galaxy called GNz1
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
SEP 22, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
In what could be a revolutionary discovery, a team of physicists from the XENON Collaboration may have detected dark ene
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
SEP 20, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Gamma rays have been observed in parts of the sky that seem to be 'empty,' so researchers have long-wondered about their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Ultradiffuse galaxies are difficult to find because they aren't very bright since their stars are so far apart. They
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It should be safe for humans to travel to Mars, provided journeys don’t take more than four years. The correspondi
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 26, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Sitting at 2.5 million light-years away, the Andromeda Galaxy is the closest galaxy to our own Milky Way. Since it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The feeding patterns of black holes are directly correlated to their size. The corresponding study was published in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The Earth's atmosphere often muffles views from ground-based telescopes when observing space. Now, a research c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 09, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The Kepler Space Telescope has captured evidence of mysterious free-floating planets, or planets that are alone in deep
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 04, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It's been estimated that the universe began about 13.8 billion years ago in a violent explosion known as the Big Bang. R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Article Summary As the COVID-19 pandemic dies down, its effects will echo throughout the STEM field. Physics and chemist
...
Written By:
Claire Adams
JUN 22, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Even though we still cannot detect dark matter, many researchers are confident that exists. It seems to act as a kind of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research published in the journal Geoscience Frontiers highlights the cyclic patterns of geologic activity on Earth.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 12, 2021
Cancer
In an interdisciplinary breakthrough, a recent study published in Science describes the development of a new platform, d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A team of scientists led by the Centre for Astrobiology have discovered that the bulges we see in disc galaxies formed i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 30, 2021
Space & Astronomy
A detailed cross-section of another galaxy, known as YGC 10738, has cast previous ideas of how the Milky Way was formed
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon