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Astronomy Nov 8, 2023

Dwarf galaxies stripped of stars prove to be the missing link in the formation of rare ultra-compact dwarf galaxies

Astronomers using the Gemini North telescope, one-half of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF's NOIRLab, have captured the eroding remains of more than 100 dwarf galaxies as they transition into ultra-compact ...

Astronomy Nov 6, 2023

New Webb images show gas-rich baby galaxies setting the early universe alight

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have helped Australian astronomers unlock secrets of how infant galaxies started an explosion of star formation in the very early universe.

Astronomy Nov 6, 2023

Midlife crisis of the universe: Research finds galaxies' interactions did not affect interstellar dust

Dust is the most vital organ in galaxies. It absorbs and scatters stellar light, a phenomenon that is referred to as dust attenuation. On the other hand, dust emits this absorbed radiation thermally in the infrared. Normally, ...

Astronomy Oct 26, 2023

New research sheds light on early galaxy formation

Researchers have developed a new computer simulation of the early universe that closely aligns with observations made by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Astronomy Oct 25, 2023

Astronomers discover new almost dark galaxy

By analyzing deep optical imagery from the IAC Stripe 82 Legacy Project, an international team of astronomers has serendipitously discovered a new almost dark galaxy. The newfound galaxy, dubbed "Nube," has a very low surface ...

Astronomy Oct 24, 2023

Astrophysicists scan the galaxy for signs of life

The astrophysicists, from Trinity and the Breakthrough Listen team and Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden, are scanning the universe for "technosignatures" emanating from distant planets that would provide support for the ...

Astronomy Oct 23, 2023

Researchers trace a powerful radio signal to the most distant source yet—a galaxy billions of lightyears away

Every day and night, hundreds of thousands of intense, brief flashes of radiation suddenly flicker on and then off all across the sky. These "fast radio bursts" are invisible to the naked eye, but to a radio telescope many ...

Astronomy Oct 18, 2023

New map of space precisely measures nearly 400,000 nearby galaxies

Astronomers have created a detailed atlas of almost 400,000 galaxies in our cosmic neighborhood. The Siena Galaxy Atlas was compiled using data from NSF's NOIRLab telescopes, and is designed to be the preeminent digital galaxy ...

Astronomy Oct 18, 2023

Study suggests gas giants may be more common than thought in some parts of the galaxy

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists from INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 5, Universidad Diego Portales, the University of Exeter and Sorbonne Université has found evidence that gas ...

Astronomy Oct 13, 2023

More JWST observations are finding fewer early massive galaxies

There's a common pattern in science. We develop some new process or tool that allows us to gather all kinds of data we've never had before, the data threatens to overturn all we've assumed about some long-established theory, ...

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