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Leo P, a tiny galaxy, stopped making stars after the universe’s reionization. Unlike most galaxies, it restarted billions of ...
Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiralling from its edge," ...
Hubble Space Telescope mapped Andromeda, revealing a chaotic history shaped by mergers. A 2.5-billion-pixel mosaic shows 200 ...
A study carried out by a team of astronomers led by University of Arizona researcher Catherine Fielder has found that smaller ...
Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...