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May 13, 2016 1 min read
We’ll forever be limited to our own galactic neighborhood.
The post Even with sci-fi tech, it may be impossible to explore the known universe appeared first on Geek.com.
September 05, 2015 1 min read
The universe is 13.8 billion years old, give or take a few eons. We know that it didn’t take long for matter to start clumping together to form stars and galaxies, but a […]
The post Caltech researchers detect the most distant galaxy yet appeared first on Geek.com.
May 23, 2015 1 min read
In the center of most galaxies (ours included) there is a supermassive black hole that holds everything together. However, one galaxy 10.5 billion light years away looks like it might have two black […]
The post Two giant black holes might crash into each other in 21 years appeared first on Geek.com.
February 20, 2015 1 min read
We tend to think of black holes pulling things in rather than blowing them out, but the tremendous space-warping forces at play in the vicinity of the largest black holes can do weird […]
The post NASA and ESA measure strength of wind from a supermassive black hole appeared first on Geek.com.
January 09, 2015 1 min read
Astronomers have a new weapon in their arsenal, one that lets their measure the mass of the super-massive singularities at the heart of galaxies.
The post Optic echos let astronomers weigh distant, supermassive black hole appeared first on Geek.com.
September 18, 2014 1 min read
Astronomers first hypothesized that our galaxy contained a supermassive black hole at its center several decades ago. Once it had been confirmed, they turned to other nearby galaxies, finding that this was a […]
The post Hubble Space Telescope finds big surprise in teeny tiny galaxy appeared first on Geek.com.
September 07, 2014 1 min read
The universe is a staggeringly big place, but astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have just succeeded in adding some context to the scale of the universe. They have […]
The post Astronomers map Milky Way’s location in 100,000 galaxy Laniakea supercluster appeared first on Geek.com.
June 10, 2014 1 min read
Called MACS J0717+3745, astronomers have taken the first detailed readings from an incredible collision between four large clusters of galaxies.
The post Astronomers watch the chaos as thousands of galaxies collide appeared first on Geek.com.
May 22, 2014 1 min read
A new most distant galaxy cluster has been confirmed to lie a whopping 10 billion light years from Earth - but it could still tell scientists a lot.
The post NASA confirms existence of oldest, most distant galaxy cluster ever found appeared first on Geek.com.
April 30, 2014 1 min read
A bundle of stars has just been flung at us traveling at more than two million miles per hour.
The post A distant galaxy just threw a star cluster toward us at 2 million miles per hour appeared first on Geek.com.
April 04, 2014 1 min read
The largest super-cluster in the ancient universe was mis-measured! New research shows that El Gordo, "The Fat One," is actually much, much larger than previously thought.
The post Meet The Fat One: A galactic super-cluster 3 trillion times heavier than the sun appeared first on Geek.com.
January 27, 2014 1 min read
An exceptionally bright nearby supernova can be seen with regular binoculars, but astronomers think that same intensity could also tell us something about the very nature of the universe.
The post Nearby supernova will light up the sky for a week, grant insight into dark energy appeared first on Geek.com.
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