Largest 3D map of universe unveiled
August 9th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) Astronomers have unveiled the largest ever 3D map of the sky, encompassing massive galaxies and distant black holes, based on Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III).The ... Read more...
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NASA telescopes discover most distant galaxy cluster
January 13th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 13 (ANI): NASA telescopes have identified a burgeoning galactic metropolis-the most distant known in the early universe.The developing cluster, named COSMOS-AzTEC3, was discovered and characterized by multi-wavelength telescopes, including NASA's ... Read more...
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Stars forming ‘much more rapidly than previously believed’
December 17th, 2010 - 4:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): Astronomers have presented the first conclusive evidence for a dramatic surge in star birth in a newly discovered population of massive galaxies in the early Universe.Their measurements ... Read more...
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Biggest galaxies formed when universe was young
November 25th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): A new research led by Tufts University has found that some of the universe's most massive galaxies may have formed billions of years earlier than current scientific models ... Read more...
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How young galaxies can grow gently
October 14th, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 14 (ANI): Galaxies often collide and then merge to form larger systems and this process is certainly an important growth mechanism. However, an additional way has been proposed so that ... Read more...
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Awesome power of supermassive black holes revealed
April 17th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 17 (ANI): Nottingham University researchers have shed new light on the super destructive capacity of black holes.For the study, Asa Bluck in the School of Physics and Astronomy and ... Read more...
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Astronomers discover new tidal streams in Andromeda Galaxy
January 8th, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 8 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has identified two new tidal streams in the Andromeda Galaxy, the remnants of dwarf galaxies consumed by our large galactic neighbor.Analysis of the ... Read more...
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Astronomers discover 33 pairs of waltzing black holes
January 5th, 2010 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 5 (ANI): A team of astronomers has announced that they have discovered 33 pairs of waltzing black holes in distant galaxies.Dr. Julia Comerford of the University of California, Berkeley, ... Read more...
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Stars in early galaxies whizzed around at astonishingly high speeds
August 7th, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 7 (ANI): A team of astronomers has measured the motions of stars in a very distant galaxy for the first time and discovered they are whizzing around at astonishingly ... Read more...
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Astronomers detect hyperactive galaxies by looking back 11 bln yrs into the past
August 6th, 2009 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 6 (ANI): Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy and clocked speeds ... Read more...
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Discovery of recently formed galaxies poses challenge to galaxy formation theories
April 11th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 11 (ANI): A team of astronomers has found a sample of massive galaxies with properties that suggest they may have formed relatively recently, a discovery that poses challenge to galaxy ... Read more...
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Hubble spots swirling dust lanes in oddball galaxy
April 8th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, April 8 (ANI): The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the image of an oddball galaxy that is highlighted with striking swirling dust lanes and glittering globular clusters.Dubbed NGC 7049, ... Read more...
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Dwarf galaxies can be made with gas leftover from early Universe
February 19th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): NASAs Galaxy Evolution Explorer has identified dwarf galaxies forming out of nothing more than pristine gas likely leftover from the early universe.Dwarf galaxies are relatively small ... Read more...
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Giant stellar factory identified in early galaxy
February 5th, 2009 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5 (ANI): Astronomers have identified a giant star producing region in a galaxy in the very early universe, which is millions of times larger than anything comparable in the ... Read more...
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Astronomers find link between supermassive black holes and galaxy formation
February 3rd, 2009 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): A team of astronomers has uncovered new evidence that points to a link between supermassive black holes and galaxy formation.The astronomers, from Texas and Germany, used a ... Read more...
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Massive galaxy mergers sparked bursts of star formation when Universe was 6 bln yrs old
January 3rd, 2009 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 3 (ANI): A survey, using data obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope, has determined that nearly all massive galaxies have undergone at least one major merger since the Universe ... Read more...
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Black holes can act as hearts to galaxies
November 19th, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): New data from NASAs Chandra X-Ray Observatory has suggested that the powerful black holes at the center of massive galaxies and galaxy clusters act as hearts to ... Read more...
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Natural cosmic lens reveals distant galactic violence
October 21st, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Using a natural cosmic lens, astronomers have gained a rare glimpse of the violent assembly of a young galaxy in the early Universe, which suggests that the ... Read more...
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Astronomers catch massive galaxies in the act of merging 4 billion yrs ago
August 27th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Munich, August 27 (ANI): Using ground and space-based telescopes, astronomers have caught multiple massive galaxies in the act of merging about 4 billion years ago, a discovery that supports the favoured ... Read more...
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Barred spiral galaxies came quite late in the Universe
July 30th, 2008 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): In a landmark study of more than 2,000 spiral galaxies from the largest galaxy census conducted by NASAs Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers found that so-called barred spiral ... Read more...
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67 gravitationally lensed galaxies discovered in the distant Universe
February 19th, 2008 - 1:15 pm ICT by admin
Paris, Feb 19 (ANI): Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered 67 gravitationally lensed galaxies in the distant Universe.A team of European astronomers led by Jean-Paul Kneib and Cecile Faure ... Read more...
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Hidden black holes discovered inside far-off galaxies
November 14th, 2007 - 2:53 am ICT by admin
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