A team of astronomers led by the University of Hawaii have recently found a solitary dwarf galaxy located 7 million light-years away from Earth. The new found galaxy was discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in the Milky Way’s near vicinity. Researchers located the new galaxy, labeled KKs3, within a cluster of 54 galaxies they were trying to map. KKs3 is a solitary dwarf spheroidal galaxy, a … [Read more...]
Supermassive Black Hole May Confirm Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
Astronomers are still trying to understand how the universe came to be and by looking at galaxies from afar, they may just come to shed light on the mystery of what they guard in their centers. One particular rare find that scientists hoped to be a part of was what is called an evicting supermassive black hole located at the center of such a galaxy. If astronomers could only isolate such a … [Read more...]
New Gaia Observations Reveal The Galaxy Is Formed ‘Inside-Out’
A new breakthrough using data from the Gaia-ESO project provides new insight into our Milky Way galaxy. It supports the fact that the galaxy might have formed the inside-out with the inner region forming faster than the outer reaches. The European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite has been launched this month. It has provided substantiation supporting up theoretically-predicted divisions in the … [Read more...]
Captured: Dust Factory Supernova To Reveal About Evolution Of Galaxies
Our universe is full of tiny solid particles ranging from the dark bands to the beautiful clouds. Galaxies are the most dusty places in the Universe. Scientists say the primary source of these dusts is the supernovas. Scientists have captured some of the striking images of a young supernova brimming with fresh dust in the Chilean desert. This is for the first time that the astronomers have … [Read more...]
Supernova observation revealed Dust to Dirt Details
Supernovae are thought to be a key source of the dust surrounding our galaxy mainly in the early universe. The dust source information was confirmed from the new views from a giant radio telescope in Chile. The discovery was made while observing supernova 1987A through the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in Chile. It’s an exploded star in the Large Magellanic … [Read more...]
