It’s been nearly a century since astronomer Fritz Zwicky first calculated the mass of the Coma Cluster, a …
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Space
Putting the Theory of Special Relativity Into Practice, by Counting Galaxies
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesScientists who study the cosmos have a favorite philosophy known as the “mediocrity principle,” which, in essence, suggests …
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Scientists Discover How Galaxies Can Exist Without Dark Matter
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesIn a new Nature Astronomy study, an international team led by astrophysicists from the University of California, Irvine and Pomona …
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Using the most advanced telescopes on Earth and in orbit, scientists like Dr. Rebecca McElroy have gained unprecedented …
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The GRANTECAN Discovers the Largest Cluster of Galaxies Known in the Early Universe
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA study, led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and carried out with OSIRIS, …
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A team of astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi at the Mānoa Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has produced …
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‘Echo Mapping’ in Faraway Galaxies Could Measure Vast Cosmic Distances
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesWhen you look up at the night sky at the galaxies, how do you know whether the specks …
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Computer simulations are showing astrophysicists how massive clumps of gas within galaxies scatter some stars from their orbits, …