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New Hubble telescope image of the hybrid galaxy UGC 12591
UGC 12591 - This giant hybrid galaxy is located 400 million light-years from Earth and is one of the largest known galaxies in the universe.
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The Moon will collide with the Earth after 65 billion years
An American planetary scientist predicts the Moon will crash into Earth after 65 billion years.
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Strange star groups move rapidly to disturb the Milky Way
A strange group of stars has just been found in the center of the Milky Way, with unpredictable moves.
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'The cosmic eye' emerged from the clash between the two galaxies
The strong collision between two spiral galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 makes an eye-like structure appear in the universe.
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Close up of weird red skeletons in the Milky Way galaxy
A series of strange spooky skeletons have just been discovered in the center of the Milky Way.
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Detecting the monstrous galaxy UGC 1382 in space
Exiting the image of a simple elliptical galaxy, now the monstrous galaxy UGC 1382 has become a unique spiral galaxy.
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The black hole has turned galaxies into the
A group of scientists has identified the cause of many galaxies becoming
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The three galaxies unite to
The supermassive black hole is 4 billion times the size of the Sun when three spiral galaxies collide, leading to the merging of black holes in their center.
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The truth is that the universe is expanding itself but expanding in what?
Everything happens outside what can be observed, we have more questions than answers.
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Our Milky Way galaxy is old, there is not enough gas to create a new star
The lifespan of a galaxy is thought to depend on the amount of gas it possesses to form a new star.
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Why is our galaxy called the Milky Way?
We have many unofficial names for cosmic landscapes. Sometimes they are named after the shape we see, such as the Horsehead Nebula.
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The Milky Way is lighter than we thought
The new results show that the Milky Way, despite its size similar to Tien Nu galaxy, weighs only half of its neighbors.
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360-degree portrait of the Milky Way
With a 360-degree portrait project, zoomed into the Milky Way, American experts have provided a whole new perspective on the structure and content of this spiral star sy…
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The shape of the galaxies depends on the speed of rotation
A group of Australian astronomers said that the shape of the galaxy depends on whether it turns fast or slow.
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Detecting new black holes with very strong firepower
Astronomers discovered a small but extremely powerful black fire, with two heads emitting a stream of air that stretches 20 light years.