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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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JUL 10, 2022Space & Astronomy
Physicists at New York University have created a method for predicting the composition of dark matter—the long-kno ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 23, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Gaia is a survey mission launched in 2013 on a Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in Kourou, ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurJUN 22, 2022Space & Astronomy
Who doesn’t love black holes? From time immemorial, everyone has wanted to know what happens if you fall into a bl ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 10, 2022Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on July 12, 2022 ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.JUN 09, 2022Space & Astronomy
Hydrides in the Galaxy (HyGAL) is a project whose goal is to characterize the interstellar medium in the Milky Way in or ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.MAY 29, 2022Space & Astronomy
The universe is a very big place full of awesome wonders that no human will ever see in its entirety, and that’s w ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 27, 2022Space & Astronomy
A new study in Astronomy & Astrophysics published the largest catalog of ultracool dwarfs to date. The team at the N ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.MAY 19, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of our own galaxy, was discovered about 50 years ago ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurMAY 19, 2022Space & Astronomy
Io, the first Galilean moon of Jupiter—The Volcano World, with its molten silicate lava lakes and hundreds of acti ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 16, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Pulsars are remnants of dead stars that die by the process of supernova explosion. These explosions often leave either a ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurMAY 12, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Black holes are mysterious objects which are usually known for their ability to rip stars apart or suck them in if they ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurMAY 11, 2022Space & Astronomy
Finding another Earth sitting among the vast cosmos has reached a fever pitch, as NASA recently confirmed the existence ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 30, 2022Chemistry & Physics
It has been known for ages that the Earth orbits around the Sun along with 7 more planets and dwarf planets among many o ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurAPR 28, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Our Universe is full of exotic objects and phenomena, and we have built telescopes and satellites to try and attain a de ...Written By: Amanpreet KaurAPR 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 Lundy
JUL 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Physicists at New York University have created a method for predicting the composition of dark matter—the long-kno
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 23, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Gaia is a survey mission launched in 2013 on a Soyuz-STB/Fregat-MT launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in Kourou,
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUN 22, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Who doesn’t love black holes? From time immemorial, everyone has wanted to know what happens if you fall into a bl
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 10, 2022
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data on July 12, 2022
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUN 09, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Hydrides in the Galaxy (HyGAL) is a project whose goal is to characterize the interstellar medium in the Milky Way in or
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
MAY 29, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The universe is a very big place full of awesome wonders that no human will ever see in its entirety, and that’s w
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 27, 2022
Space & Astronomy
A new study in Astronomy & Astrophysics published the largest catalog of ultracool dwarfs to date. The team at the N
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
MAY 19, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of our own galaxy, was discovered about 50 years ago
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
MAY 19, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Io, the first Galilean moon of Jupiter—The Volcano World, with its molten silicate lava lakes and hundreds of acti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 16, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Pulsars are remnants of dead stars that die by the process of supernova explosion. These explosions often leave either a
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
MAY 12, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Black holes are mysterious objects which are usually known for their ability to rip stars apart or suck them in if they
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
MAY 11, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Finding another Earth sitting among the vast cosmos has reached a fever pitch, as NASA recently confirmed the existence
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 30, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
It has been known for ages that the Earth orbits around the Sun along with 7 more planets and dwarf planets among many o
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
APR 28, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Our Universe is full of exotic objects and phenomena, and we have built telescopes and satellites to try and attain a de
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
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