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A blog about the strangest astronomical objects in the universe.
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Dec 2, 2019
Can black holes trigger star formation? Sure.
How a lucky discovery revealed the creative side of…
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Mar 10, 2019
What makes galactic hot DOGs so hot?
Starbursts, active galactic nuclei, and more — these strange…
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Feb 17, 2019
Galaxy X: The dark galaxy that doesn’t exist
Astronomers almost detected an enormous satellite galaxy…
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Feb 10, 2019
Here’s what I Zwicky 18 can tell us about the first stars in the universe
A blue dwarf galaxy only 59…
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Jan 27, 2019
Is J1420–0545 the largest galaxy ever discovered?
An unassuming galaxy hides a secret 15 million…
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Jan 6, 2019
Void galaxies: The true island universes
Why Pisces A and B could hold the key to understanding the…
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Nov 2, 2018
Did dark matter form the Gould Belt?
The Sun lies near the middle of a ring of stars thousands of…
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Oct 15, 2018
A tale of two redshifts
How did 3C 186 eject its supermassive black hole? With gravitational waves.
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Sep 18, 2018
The Lynx Arc: A starburst 12 billion years ago
Want to take a peek at 25,000 of the most violent stars in the universe? Look no further than the Lynx Arc.
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Jul 23, 2018
What is a Lyman-alpha blob?
Giant clouds of gas billions of light-years away are emitting radiation…
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