Astronomers find 'gold standard' star in Milky Way
Astronomers have been able to identify the widest range of elements in a relatively bright star beyond our solar system yet.
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JJ Shavit
- Apr 21, 2022
What is Dark Data and what can Dark Energy teach us about it?
The more humanity tries to do more with data, the more it’s evident that the most urgent questions won’t get answered easily.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 26, 2022
The Milky Way has devoured at least six other galaxies, leaving 'crumbs' everywhere
Astronomers identified a number of stellar streams from past mergers years ago, and also used globular clusters to construct a timeline.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 24, 2022
New insights found into how the Milky Way formed and evolved
Our galaxy is a giant ‘smoothie’ of blended stars and gas but a new study tells us where the components came from.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 21, 2022
Scientists discover how galaxies can exist without dark matter
When tiny galaxies collide with bigger ones, the bigger galaxies can strip the smaller galaxies of their dark matter which we can’t see.
JJ Shavit
- Feb 14, 2022
The true nature of dark matter and ordinary matter interactions
A new study suggests the existence of a direct interaction between the elementary particles that make up the dark matter and ordinary matter
JJ Shavit
- Dec 2, 2021
Newly discovered black hole could redefine our understanding of how all galaxies evolve
Astronomers have discovered an unusually massive black hole at the heart of one of the Milky Way’s dwarf satellite galaxies, called Leo I.
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