The Milky Way may have merged with another galaxy shortly after the Big Bang
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing two galaxies. Since its formation, the Milky Way has merged…
Hubble Solves Merger Mystery From Milky Way’s Early Years
About 12 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy known as LKH collided with a young Milky Way and…
NASA’s Hubble Discovers First of Star Cluster’s Missing Black Holes
The massive globular star cluster Omega Centauri has puzzled astronomers for decades. It should be filled with black…
Where did the universe’s oldest star clusters come from? A new study has an answer |
For decades, astronomers have searched for the birthplace of globular clusters, the dense spherical collections of stars that…
NASA’s Hubble Spots Star-Spangled Cosmic Scene
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, released…
Gaia Detected an Entire Swarm of Black Holes Traveling Through The Milky Way
A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a…