New light has been shed on a mysterious and long-standing conundrum at the very heart of our galaxy. The new work offers a potential solution to the so-called ‘Galactic bar …read more Source:: Science
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A galaxy’s stop-and-start young radio jets
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•A new VLBA image shows details of a young jet emitted from the core of an active galaxy, revealing that the jet activity stopped, then restarted only a decade ago. …read more Source:: Science
A cosmic mystery: ESO telescope captures the disappearance of a massive star
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•Astronomers have discovered the absence of an unstable massive star in a dwarf galaxy. Scientists think this could indicate that the star became less bright and partially obscured by dust. …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers detect regular rhythm of radio waves, with origins unknown
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•A team of astronomers has picked up on a curious, repeating rhythm of fast radio bursts emanating from an unknown source outside our galaxy, 500 million light years away. …read more Source:: Science
As many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, according to new estimates
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•There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky way Galaxy, according to new estimates. …read more Source:: Science
New light shed on intelligent life existing across the galaxy
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•Is there anyone out there? This is an age-old question that researchers have now shed new light on with a study that calculates there could be more than 30 intelligent …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy in the very early universe
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•Astronomers have found an unusual monster galaxy that existed about 12 billion years ago, when the universe was only 1.8 billion years old. Dubbed XMM-2599, the galaxy formed stars at …read more Source:: Science
A fast radio burst tracked down to a nearby galaxy
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•Astronomers have pinpointed the location of a repeating fast radio burst. The breakthrough is only the second time that scientists have determined the precise location of a repeating source of …read more Source:: Science
Hubble captures a dozen sunburst arc doppelgangers
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•Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed a galaxy in the distant regions of the Universe which appears duplicated at least 12 times on the night sky. This …read more Source:: Science
The violent history of the big galaxy next door
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•Astronomers have pieced together the cannibalistic past of our neighboring large galaxy Andromeda, which has now set its sights on the Milky Way as its next main course. …read more Source:: Science