Scientists are learning more about one of the Universe’s largest galaxy clusters.
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Coma Cluster Clues
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013Fast Radio Burst Mystery
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
The newest cosmic mystery: four distinct high-energy flashes! (Is the Universe trying to get our attention?) Astronomers are calling them Fast Radio Bursts, but we have yet to determine their origins.
Bones of the Milky Way
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
We are still refining our understanding of our own place within our galaxy, the Milky Way.
Earth’s Larger Neighborhood
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
Astronomers realize that our Solar System is located on a longer arm in the Milky Way.
Old Problems, New Techniques
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Ryan Wyatt, Director of Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization, reporting from first day of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Long Beach, California…
Most Distant Galaxy?
Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Astronomers have caught a glimpse of a galaxy far, far away…
Most Distant Galaxy
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a distant galaxy, 13.2 billion years in the past.
Gravitational Lensing
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
How do you size-up galaxies you can’t see? Stanford scientists are using gravitational lensing to measure the distance, age and size of galaxies far, far away.
Infant Galaxies
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Hubble’s latest image shows 13 billion-year-old infant (and still forming) galaxies.
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