galaxy

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Images from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed an unusual galaxy at the location of the burst.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

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

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

"In such vibrant and unprecedented detail, we see just one very large galaxy with a dust lane," Sears said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

A light beam leaving that galaxy now will take a million years to make its trip to Earth; the light reaching our eyes now left that galaxy a million years ago.

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