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NASA finds 'Lost Galaxy' shining out of Virgo's bosom
By Brandon Specktor published
This hazy spiral galaxy is one of the largest in the Virgo cluster — a collection of more than 2,000 galaxies.
The Milky Way is probably full of dead civilizations
By Rafi Letzter published
If there are other intelligent civilizations in the Milky Way, they are probably much closer than we are to the galactic center, and fairly young.
This is what a supernova sounds like, according to NASA
By Brandon Specktor published
NASA's new data sonification project turns the universe's most extreme phenomena into sounds.
How long is a galactic year?
By Grant Currin published
Just as Earth orbits the sun, our sun orbits the galaxy.
Clouds of star-forming gas are being shot 'like bullets' across the galaxy
By Brandon Specktor published
Two clouds of cold-star forming gas are sailing on the Milky Way's hot nuclear wind, and nobody can explain why.
The sky is full of weird X-shaped galaxies. Here's why.
By Brandon Specktor published
Researchers figured out why this galaxy looks like an enormous X in invisible radio light.
Distant 'quasar tsunamis' are ripping their own galaxies apart
By Brandon Specktor published
The winds and radiation blowing out of quasars — the most energetic objects in the universe — can kill star formation galaxy-wide, new research shows.
12 trippy objects hidden in the zodiac
By Brandon Specktor published
The 12 constellations of the Zodiac contain some of the weirdest, most wonderful objects in the universe. Here are our favorites.
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