A galaxy that has taunted astronomers since they first detected a hint of its presence more than 20 years ago has finally come out of hiding. It’s called HIPASS J1131-31, or Peekaboo, and it’s located just 22 million light-years away. And it was so hard to see because it’s tiny and obscured by a bright …
The ‘Peekaboo’ Galaxy Emerges From Hiding, and It’s a Time Capsule of the Universe Read More »
Astronomers have discovered that a strange dwarf galaxy that has been hidden for years in our cosmic neighborhood seems to belong to the early universe, although it was formed more recently. The tiny galaxy measuring just 1,200 light-years in diameter was given the nickname ‘Peekaboo’ because it was hidden in the bright glare of a …
Hi! A strange little galaxy gives a glimpse of the beginnings of the universe Read More »
One of the greatest puzzles in astronomy, and one of the most difficult to solve, concerns the formation and evolution of galaxies. What did the first ones look like? How did they get so massive? A tiny galaxy just 20 million light-years away could be one piece of the puzzle. A critical difference between the …
The Hubble Space Telescope, responsible for our current estimates of the age of the universe and the first detection of organic matter on an exoplanet, does a lot of science and is still alive. His latest masterpiece remixes an old hit – apparently a growing trend in science as well as music. Big Bada Boom …
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Image of the intracluster light of the SMACS-J0723.3-7327 cluster obtained with the NIRCAM camera on board Webb. The data was processed by the IAC team to improve the detection of faint light between galaxies (black and white). Credit: NASA, ESA, ASC, STScI The data obtained by the new James Webb Space Telescope The James Webb …
The James Webb Telescope’s Unparalleled View of Ghostly Light in Galaxy Clusters Read More »
The intracluster light of the SMACS-J0723.3-7327 cluster obtained with the NIRCAM camera onboard JWST. The data was processed by the IAC team to improve the detection of faint light between galaxies (black and white). Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. In galaxy clusters, there is a fraction of stars that wander through intergalactic space because they …
James Webb Telescope produces unparalleled view of ghostly light in galaxy clusters Read More »
The intracluster light of the SMACS-J0723.3-7327 cluster obtained with the NIRCAM camera onboard JWST. The data was processed by the IAC team to improve the detection of faint light between galaxies (black and white). Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI. In galaxy clusters, there is a fraction of stars that wander through intergalactic space because they …
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Earlier this year, astronomers found an absolute monster of a galaxy. Hidden some 3 billion light-years away, Alcyoneus is a giant radio galaxy reaching 5 megaparsecs in space. It’s 16.3 million light-years long, and it is the largest known structure of galactic origin. This discovery sheds light on our poor understanding of these colossi and …
Astronomers spot the largest galaxy ever, and the scale will break your brain Read More »
Astronomers may finally have a way to hunt down a monstrous supermassive black hole they suspect is lurking in the nearby dwarf galaxy. The juggernaut would be the second closest a supermassive black hole to Earth, after Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) in the heart of the Milky Way, in the companion galaxy Leo I. This …
The Hunt Is On In The Neighboring Galaxy For The 2nd Closest Monster Black Hole To Earth Read More »
We are getting closer to solving the strange mystery presented by hundreds of enormous filaments hanging from the heart of the Milky Way. For the first time, these long magnetized filaments glowing in radio waves have been observed emerging from other galaxies. Not only are they no longer unique to the Milky Way, but the …
Other Weird Cosmic Threads Discovered Outside Our Galaxy, and They’re Huge Read More »
