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Biggest black hole jets ever seen span 140 Milky Way galaxies

A newly discovered, distant duo of black hole jets is the largest of its kind ever seen. Formed when the…

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Astronomers puzzled by little red galaxies that seem impossibly dense

JWST images of little red dot galaxies Josephine F.W. Baggen et al. (2024) Strangely bright galaxies spotted by the James…

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Dancing galaxies make a monster at the cosmic dawn

Astronomers have spotted a pair of galaxies in the act of merging 12.8 billion years ago. The characteristics of these…

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First low frequency search for alien technology in distant galaxies

The SETI Institute, the Berkeley SETI Research Center and the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research announced a groundbreaking study…

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A distant quasar may be zapping all galaxies around itself

One of the farthest known quasars seems to have shut down the creation of new stars in all the galaxies…

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Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas

Galaxies like Andromeda have a supermassive black hole at the centre NASA/JPL-Caltech Supermassive black holes appear to be more powerful…

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Vivid portrait of interacting galaxies marks Webb’s second anniversary

Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which…

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2 galaxies, the Penguin and the Egg, get a family portrait thanks to Webb Telescope : NPR

Two interacting galaxies, dubbed the Penguin and the Egg, are seen in more clarity and detail than ever, after NASA…

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Strange observations of galaxies challenge ideas about dark matter

Head-scratching observations of distant galaxies are challenging cosmologists’ dominant ideas about the universe, potentially leading to the implication that the…

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Too many missing satellite galaxies found

For years, astronomers have worried about how to explain why the Milky Way has fewer satellite galaxies than the standard…

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