galaxy

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Initially, it appeared as though two galaxies might be merging, or that a single galaxy was split by a dark band of dust.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Researchers are now considering how such a phase might have influenced the development of our galaxy and its neighbors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Upcoming galaxy surveys, cosmic microwave background studies, and gravitational wave detectors are reaching the sensitivity needed to examine ideas that were once purely theoretical.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

These quasars can shine so intensely that they outshine their entire host galaxy.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

When astronomers peer at a distant galaxy, they are looking backward in time.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife