More evidence of ‘wandering’ black holes
New research has uncovered the presence of at least thirteen ‘wandering’ black holes in dwarf galaxies. Something, that until recently was not believed possible.
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Mapping the Milky Way: Galactic bar measured by Gaia
The ESA’s Gaia satellite has made the first measurement of the twirling bar of stars at the centre of the Milky Way.
Galactic ‘hit and run’ spawned a new generation of stars
A galactic ‘hit and run’ collision caused a period of intense star formation in the galaxy NGC 4485 a new image from NASA shows.
Star formation burst caused by a galactic crash 2–3 billion years ago
A collision between our galaxy - the Milky Way - and another 2 -3 billion years ago could have been the cause of the creation of more than half the stars in the galactic disc.
New images show galactic mergers, but why do unions spell doom for some galaxies?
Galactic mergers were extremely common billions of years ago and have shaped the Universe as we know it. But not all of these unions are long-lived. For some galaxies, such a union will force them to wither and die.
Merging neutron stars produce a jet of material visible from Earth.
Using a global network of telescopes, astronomers have observed a jet of material moving at near-light speed ejected from two merging neutron stars.