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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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JAN 08, 2021Space & Astronomy
The existence of dark matter has been considered a 'given' for decades as a way to understand some of the less e ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have used powerful telescopes high in the Atacama desert to evaluate estimates of the age of the universe. T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 04, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there were likely many intelligent alien civilizations sprawled across our galaxy billions o ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
This image is an artist's concept of what a blazar might look like, by NASA. Check out actual shots of the blazar in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment comments on the reasons why Earth ha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 11, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Physicists believe that we exist in an expanding universe. But what does that mean? Do our habitats, bodies, and atoms & ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 27, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A common entity that connects everything from majestically looking galaxies and nebula to the enormously diversified bio ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 20, 2020Space & Astronomy
Up until now, scientists have theorized that as the Universe expands, its temperature has gradually declined. New resear ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 17, 2020Space & Astronomy
Astrophysicist Franco Vazza from the University of Bologna, and Alberto Felett, a neurosurgeon at the University of Vero ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 14, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that the rings in Earth's ancient trees may hold evid ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists think they have witnessed the birth of a magnetar for the first time, when a massive burst of gamma rays took ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
In mapping the original locations of Saturn and Jupiter in our Solar System, astronomers have found that there was once ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a burst of cosmic radio waves- intense flashes of radio emission that last just a few millise ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 06, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there could be at least 300 million habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. This could mea ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 04, 2020Space & Astronomy
A neutron star is born when a massive star dies out in a supernova, leaving its collapsed and incredibly dense core rema ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
When looking it galaxies, it takes little to realize that they come in different shapes- whether they're swirling bl ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an array of four individual telescopes in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers has found a lone planet the size of Earth drifting through the Milky Way. Known as a ‘rogue ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 03, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide insight on how supermas ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 18, 2020Space & Astronomy
Back in 2017, scientists theorized that elements heavier than iron- such as gold- came to be following a collision betwe ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
Most matter, and about a quarter of the mass-energy in the universe is thought to be made of dark matter, but we still d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2020Space & Astronomy
If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, the forces exerted on the star tear it to shreds, generating a hu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Ohio State University have theorized that there may be more rogue planets (planets that don't orbit ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
Matt Caplan, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, has calculated when the last supernova will happen in ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JAN 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The existence of dark matter has been considered a 'given' for decades as a way to understand some of the less e
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have used powerful telescopes high in the Atacama desert to evaluate estimates of the age of the universe. T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 04, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there were likely many intelligent alien civilizations sprawled across our galaxy billions o
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
This image is an artist's concept of what a blazar might look like, by NASA. Check out actual shots of the blazar in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment comments on the reasons why Earth ha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 11, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists believe that we exist in an expanding universe. But what does that mean? Do our habitats, bodies, and atoms &
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 27, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A common entity that connects everything from majestically looking galaxies and nebula to the enormously diversified bio
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 20, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Up until now, scientists have theorized that as the Universe expands, its temperature has gradually declined. New resear
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 17, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Astrophysicist Franco Vazza from the University of Bologna, and Alberto Felett, a neurosurgeon at the University of Vero
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 14, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have found that the rings in Earth's ancient trees may hold evid
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists think they have witnessed the birth of a magnetar for the first time, when a massive burst of gamma rays took
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In mapping the original locations of Saturn and Jupiter in our Solar System, astronomers have found that there was once
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a burst of cosmic radio waves- intense flashes of radio emission that last just a few millise
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found that there could be at least 300 million habitable worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. This could mea
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 04, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A neutron star is born when a massive star dies out in a supernova, leaving its collapsed and incredibly dense core rema
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
When looking it galaxies, it takes little to realize that they come in different shapes- whether they're swirling bl
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an array of four individual telescopes in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers has found a lone planet the size of Earth drifting through the Milky Way. Known as a ‘rogue
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 03, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide insight on how supermas
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 18, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Back in 2017, scientists theorized that elements heavier than iron- such as gold- came to be following a collision betwe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Most matter, and about a quarter of the mass-energy in the universe is thought to be made of dark matter, but we still d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2020
Space & Astronomy
If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, the forces exerted on the star tear it to shreds, generating a hu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Ohio State University have theorized that there may be more rogue planets (planets that don't orbit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Matt Caplan, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, has calculated when the last supernova will happen in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon