Tag: galaxies
Alma and the Subaru Telescope on the trail of the enigmatic killers of primordial galaxies
almost a century ago, Edwin Hubble opened the realm of galaxies to us by showing that nebulae in the famous catalog of the astronomer Charles Messiersuch as Messier 31 and…
Stars in distant galaxies are more massive than those in the Milky Way
In the early 1930s, the brilliant physicist Paul Diracone of the founders of the Quantum mechanicswhich allowed him to theoretically discover the existence of antimatter, had advised the very young…
An incredible melee of galaxies photographed by Hubble
Five galaxies that seem to revolve around each other: this is the Hickson Compact Group 40 captured by Hubble. A billion years from now, they will collide to become one…
For its 32nd birthday, Hubble spied on 5 magnificent galaxies that will merge!
Five galaxies that seem to revolve around each other: this is the Hickson Compact Group 40 captured by Hubble. A billion years from now, they will collide to become one…
Mysterious “radio circles”: explosions of galaxies?
In the early 1960s, by successfully identifying the optical counterpart of a source radio powerful discovery by radio telescopes of the time and baptized 3C 273, the astronomers notice that…
The source of fuel necessary for the growth of galaxies finally discovered?
Most galaxies, including our Milky Way, grow through the accumulation of new materials that cause new stars to form. Scientists at Arizona State University suggest that the delivery of these…
Dark matter: spiral galaxies suggest a mysterious interaction with ordinary matter
the standard cosmological model can boast of many successes. It is based on the existence in the equations ofEinstein of a constant called lambda (Λ) in ancient Greek and which…
A collision of clusters of galaxies causes an “explosion” of 6.5 million light years!
The South African MeerKAT radio telescope is a precursor to the telescope Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a giant radio telescope project consisting of several interferometric networks in metric and centimetric…
Remains of galaxies devoured by the Milky Way found by astronomers
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] In video: the collision of the Milky Way with the Andromeda galaxy The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Milky Way are approaching each…
Gaia has found remnants of galaxies that collided with the Milky Way
You may also be interested [EN VIDÉO] In video: the collision of the Milky Way with the Andromeda galaxy The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Milky Way are approaching each…