#Galaxies

Joseph Shavit

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.

Joseph Shavit

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.

Joseph Shavit

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.

Joseph Shavit

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.

Joseph Shavit

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.

Joseph Shavit

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

Joseph Shavit

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.