Chianstadded this to Earth and Space WondersSpace Map of nothing: Astronomers size up the vast void next door to the Milky Waynewatlas.com - Michael Irving Our home galaxy is right on the border of a void so vast it's hard to picture. To get a better idea of its shape and size, a team of astronomers has …
Jahnvi19added this to Favourites Space Mysteries of the Local Void: Scientists Map a Vast Emptiness Around the Milky Wayspace.com - Passant Rabie Astronomers mapped out the Local Void — an extensive, empty region of space that borders the Milky Way — revealing new details about the structure of …
ScienceAlertadded this to ScienceAlertPlay buttonSpace There's a Huge Void Near Our Galaxy. Its Mysterious Depths Have Just Been MeasuredScienceAlert - EVAN GOUGH Our planet is part of the larger structure of the Solar System, shaped and made stable by the force of gravity. Our Solar System is gravitationally …
CNNadded this to Top StoriesSpace The Milky Way gobbled up another galaxy billions of years ago, study saysCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — About 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way looked very different from the galaxy that now serves as a home to our solar system. In order to grow to its current massive size, the Milky Way probably
Quanta Magazineadded this to PhysicsBlack Holes Big Black Holes Found in the Smallest GalaxiesQuanta Magazine - Ramin Skibba Tiny, dim “dwarf” galaxies have been found to hide gas-spewing black holes. Even little galaxies have enormous black holes. That’s the takeaway from a …
Philadelphia Tribuneadded this to Philadelphia Tribune March 20Telescopes Giant Hawaii telescope to focus on big unknowns of universephillytrib.com - Audrey McAvoy HONOLULU — Is there life on planets outside our solar system? How did stars and galaxies form in the earliest years of the universe? How do black …
National Geographicadded this to NewsJames Webb Space Telescope Dear James Webb Space Telescope: How you will show us the futureNational Geographic - Charlie Jane AndersAn award-winning science fiction author looks toward the myriad ways the innovative mission will change our understanding of the cosmos. This essay is an entry in our "Dear Spacecraft" series, where we
Daily Mailadded this to Top StoriesSpace Astronomers who are mapping the huge 'nothingness' surrounding the Milky Way for the first time fear it is GROWINGdailymail.co.uk - Tim Collins A vast cosmic void surrounding our galaxy has been mapped and measured by a team of astronomers to work out its gravitational influence on the Milky …
Metroadded this to Tech NewsSpace There’s a gigantic, terrifying and totally bleak void lurking near the Milky Waymetro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill You may think that there’s nothing more depressing than schlepping to work on a tube train that’s literally as hot as hell. But it turns the universe …
Live Scienceadded this to ScienceSpace The Milky Way Was an Adorable Cannibal, Cosmic 'Baby Picture' RevealsLive Science - Mindy Weisberger Ah, babies. One day they're crawling about, just an innocent mass of gas and cosmic fuzz. The next they're standing on their own … swallowing another …
Geekadded this to GeekGeek Milky Way ‘Devoured’ a Nearby Dwarf Galaxy 10 Billion Years Ago, Study FindsGeek - By Genevieve Scarano Not much is known about the Milky Way’s formation, however, researchers are now suggesting that an important chain of events transformed the galaxy …
Mashable Indiaadded this to SCIENCEResearch Researchers Reveal The Events That Led To The Formation Of Our Milky WayMashable - Natasha MathurResearchers have long had theories surrounding the chain of events that led to the formation of the Milky Way. However, a recent study by researchers reveals the early sequence of events that have come
rye_breadadded this to Space / Earth Science Warped diffusive radio halo detected around the galaxy NGC 4565phys.org - Tomasz Nowakowski Using the LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR), astronomers have discovered a diffuse radio halo around the spiral galaxy NGC 4565. The finding, reported in a …
Metroadded this to Tech NewsEnceladus The Milky Way devoured an unfortunate dwarf galaxy called Gaia-Enceladusmetro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill The Milky Way ate up a smaller dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago, according to new research. Our home star system wolfed down an unfortunate companion …
Space Telescope Upgrade Will Create the Most Detailed Map of the Universe Everfuturism.com - Dan Robitzski The world’s most detailed 3D map of the universe will be here soon, thanks to new upgrades at Arizona’s Kitt Peak National Observatory. The new …
Space In a smattering of ancient stars, scientists glimpse the Milky Way’s originspbs.org - Katherine J. Wu A new analysis pinpoints some of the most ancient stars in our galaxy—and tells the story of the Milky Way’s ravenous past. After being seeded by a …
SlashGearadded this to SlashGear SciencePlay buttonScience Scientists reveal sequence that led to the Milky Way of todayslashgear.com - Shane McGlaun The Milky Way that we all know today was a very different galaxy in the very distant past. Scientists from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias …
El HuffPostKickstarter How this woman used YouTube to become the highest crowd-funded artist in Australiayahoo.com - Lucy Dean Itch (noun): informal A restless or strong desire to do something. For example: ‘An itch to create artwork drove a former video game designer to leave …
DDonovan Cookadded this to Random Stuff I’ve Saved For LaterWomen in Science Vera Rubin: Lifelong Astronomersi.edu Vera Rubin among the many globes she collected, circa 1992. Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. “Each one of you can change the world, for …
PPeteradded this to CleverAliens Time travel proof? Woman 'impregnated by alien from year 3500' - Daily Stardailystar.co.uk - Anthony Blair Speaking to camera, the unknown woman said: "I am pregnant from an alien. "Five months from now, I will give birth to a child who will be a mix of a …
J Dalyadded this to Stuff InterestingHubble Space Telescope New Hubble Constant Measurement Stokes Mystery of Universe's Expansionspace.com - Passant Rabie Scientists have come up with a new measurement for the expansion rate of the universe, leading to questions regarding the discrepancies between …
USA TODAYadded this to Top StoriesSpace Mind blown: 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way 'ate' a nearby galaxyUSA TODAY - Doyle RiceTen billion years ago, our own Milky Way galaxy "cannibalized" a smaller nearby galaxy, according to a new study published Monday. The violent collision didn't settle down for millions of years, the study
RRyan H.added this to The CloudSpace The Milky Way Cannibalized a Neighboring Galaxydiscovermagazine.com - Korey Haynes Ten billion years ago, the Milky Way encountered another galaxy in the vast emptiness of space, and consumed it. Dubbed Gaia-Enceladus by …
RRyan H.added this to The CloudScience Milky Way melded with smaller galaxy in long-ago cosmic crashReuters - By Will DunhamWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Milky Way, home to our sun and billions of other stars, merged with another smaller galaxy in a colossal cosmic collision roughly 10 billion years ago, scientists said on Monday
National GeographicMilky Way Galaxy Found: Oldest known stars in the Milky Way galaxyNational Geographic - Nadia DrakeAn illustration based on data form the Gaia spacecraft shows the distribution of 150 million stars in the Milky Way, with orange and yellow hues highlighting greater stellar densities. Now, a team using
Uncovering the birth of the Milky Way through accurate stellar ages winature.com - Carme Gallart, Edouard J. Bernard, Chris B. Brook, Tomás Ruiz-Lara, Santi Cassisi, Vanessa Hill, Matteo Monelli Soderblom, D. R. The ages of stars. Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 48, 581–629 (2010). Gallart, C., Zoccali, M. & Aparicio, A. The adequacy of stellar …
European Space Agency Image: 10 million star puzzlephys.org - European Space Agency When observed with the unaided eye, Omega Centauri, the object in this image, appears as a fuzzy, faint star. But the blue orb we see here is, in …
Space Up and Overspacetelescope.org - information@eso.org Every now and then, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope glimpses a common object — say, a spiral galaxy — in an interesting or unusual way. A sharply …
Quick and Dirty Tipsadded this to Quick Dirty TipsKepler Telescope How an Idea Becomes a Published Scientific Paperquickanddirtytips.com - By Sabrina Stierwalt, PhD How do you go from an idea to a scientific paper? Everyday Einstein interviews exoplanetary scientist Moiya McTier to learn about the process and why …
