One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
DESI uncovers 300 intermediate-mass black holes plus 2,500 active black holes in dwarf galaxies
Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists have compiled the largest sample ...
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It's a Livin' In the Asteroid Fields of Astronomics
While Astronomics does fall into the "job as game" category, it's a good job that starts off fairly basic and expands as it ...
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300 new intermediate-mass black holes plus 2500 new active black holes in dwarf galaxies discovered
Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole, more ...
Phoenix galaxy cluster in the act of extreme cooling
New findings explain the Phoenix cluster's mysterious starburst. Data confirm the cluster is actively cooling and able to generate a huge amount of stellar fuel on its own.