‘Megastructure’ 32 Times Bigger Than Our Milky Way Found, Scientists Say
A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...
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Scientists capture absolutely stunning image of the Andromeda galaxy
The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 trillion stars. Now, astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope to capture hundreds of detailed images of our vast galactic ...
Stunning photo mosaic of neighbouring Andromeda Galaxy captures the glow of 200 million stars
To celebrate the 100-year Edwin Hubble discovery that Andromeda was a galaxy outside our own, astronomers release the most ...
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope creates largest photomosaic ever made of "train wreck" Andromeda galaxy with over 2.5 billion pixels
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...
Giant Radio Galaxy Could Hold 30 Milky Ways, Astronomers Say
Radio galaxies already feature mind-bending physics, with supermassive black holes accreting matter at the galactic core and sending out vast plasma jets that glow at radio frequencies. Those larger ...
How astronomers used gravitational lensing to discover 44 new stars in distant galaxy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...