Michele DiodatiThe Gas Supplies of the First GalaxiesIn 2016 the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) imaged galaxies at the very limits of the observable universeNov 15, 2021Nov 15, 2021
Michele DiodatiThe Universe as a Time MachineEverything we see is always an image of the pastNov 14, 20211Nov 14, 20211
Michele DiodatiHow Are the Arms of Spiral Galaxies Formed?The theory of density wavesNov 3, 20211Nov 3, 20211
Michele DiodatiNGC 4889 and Its Huge Central Black HoleThe largest galaxy in the Coma cluster hides a central black hole of several billion solar massesOct 30, 2021Oct 30, 2021
Michele DiodatiNGC 4874 and Its 30,000 GlobularsAn elliptical supergiant in the constellation Coma Berenices guarded by an enormous number of globular clustersOct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021
Michele DiodatiThe Most Distant Galaxy Cluster Ever DiscoveredIt is called CL J1001 + 0220, and its light reaches us after having traveled for 11.2 billion yearsOct 26, 2021Oct 26, 2021
Michele DiodatiIC 2497 and Its Luminescent “Blob”Hanny’s Voorwerp, discovered by chance in 2007, is a mass of intergalactic gas with a faint luminescenceOct 19, 20211Oct 19, 20211
Michele DiodatiNGC 2337An irregular galaxy in the Northern constellation LynxOct 18, 2021Oct 18, 2021
Michele DiodatiThe Incredible Stellar Density of the Galactic CenterA star field near the center of the Milky Way contains about 2.8 million stars packed into 0.6 square degrees of skyOct 14, 20211Oct 14, 20211