Galaxies are not islands in the cosmos. While globally the universe expands—driven by the mysterious "dark energy"—locally, ...
detailed infrared map ever of our galaxy. Here we see, from left to right and top to bottom: NGC 3576, NGC 6357, Messier 17, NGC 6188, Messier 22 and NGC 3603. “We have changed the view of our ...
Using the VLT Survey Telescope (VST), astronomers from Italy and Germany have observed a group of galaxies designated NGC ...
A new effort to map the rumblings in spacetime caused by enormous black hole collisions paints a surprisingly loud and ...
Scientists have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. The background rumble is ...
“We have characterised the synchrotron emission from our Galaxy with unprecedented accuracy. This radiation is the result of the emission by charged particles moving at velocities close to that of ...