One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
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Astronomers Capture First-Ever Image of Star Beyond Our Galaxy: A Milestone in Cosmic Discovery
Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...
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When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible
By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...
Space telescope reveals rare ‘Einstein ring’ phenomenon with startling clarity
The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...
Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe
Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...
Quantum effects make distant objects move together: New research finds this may happen with ripples in space
Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true ...
Astronomy field in turmoil: most distant spiral galaxy ever discovered
It is clear that human beings, throughout history, have always had a constant curiosity to discover everything that happens ...
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See the sharpest observations ever captured from Earth’s surface by the Event Horizon Telescope
Revolutionary technique allows astronomers to capture incredibly high-resolution images of distant galaxies and supermassive black holes.
Euclid space telescope discovers new ‘Einstein ring’ in nearby galaxy
The Euclid space mission of the European Space Agency has spotted an Einstein ring in the galaxy NGC 6505, just 590 million ...
Einstein Was Right – Euclid Just Captured Space-Time Warping in a Perfect Cosmic Ring
Euclid, a space telescope on a mission to uncover the secrets of dark matter and dark energy, has already made a stunning ...
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Light From a Distant Galaxy Encircles a Nearer One, Called an Einstein Ring
The Einstein ring is formed by gravitational lensing, with the mass of galaxy NGC 6505 bending and magnifying the light from a more distant galaxy into a ring. NGC 6505 is a well-known galaxy only ...
ESA’s space telescope Euclid discovers ‘astonishing' Einstein ring
The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope was going through preliminary tests in September 2023 when it captured images of an Einstein Ring in a nearby galaxy.