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'200,000 light-years away': ESA’s Gaia Telescope discovers one galaxy tearing apart another near the Milky Way
A recent study has shown that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy approximately 200,000 light-years from ...
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The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down
On Thursday 27 March, the European Space Agency (ESA) sent its last messages to the Gaia Spacecraft. They told Gaia to shut down its communication systems and central computer and said goodbye to this ...
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Astronomers are shocked to find our galaxy's nearest neighbor is being torn to shreds
An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to ...
“Astounding” – Astronomers Reveal Hidden Monster Black Hole Lurking in Our Galactic Backyard
Astronomers have discovered strong evidence of a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of ...
Astronomy professor offers new theory on universe's star formation
The universe doesn't come with an instruction manual—but if it did, University of Missouri Assistant Professor Charles ...
Future Supernova Of First Type Find Near Solar System For First Time
By Alimat Aliyeva A group of European, British, and American astronomers has discovered 34 binary white dwarf systems i ...
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Catching a runaway star ejected from a globular cluster by an intermediate-mass black hole
This paper reports the discovery of a high-velocity star J07 ejected from globular cluster M15 approximately 21 million years ...
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Happy Birthday Hubble – 35 Years In Space This Month!
O n April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope flew aboard space shuttle Discovery, which makes this year the 35th ...