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Galaxies are much much bigger than we thought
Embargo: 7 pm AEDT, Friday 6 September 2024 (10 am, London time, 05:00 US Eastern Time)The inside story of a galaxy’s long reach into space A shroud of gas stretches up to a million light years …
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A galactic conspiracy disproven
Stars and dark matter are not interacting in ‘impossible ways’ A longstanding ‘conspiracy’ in astronomy – that stars and dark matter are interacting in inexplicable ways – has been overturned by an …
Galaxies get more chaotic as they age
An international team led by Australian research centre ASTRO 3D reports that age is the driving force in changing how stars move within galaxies. Galaxies start life with their stars rotating in …
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Twin stars reveal planet-eating habits
At least one in a dozen stars show evidence of planetary ingestion according to a paper published in Nature today. The international research team studied twin stars that should have identical …
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JWST reveals a massive and ancient galaxy that challenges our models of the young Universe
Galaxies and stars developed faster after the Big Bang than expected Detailed pictures of one of the very first galaxies show growth was much faster than we thought An international research …