Astronomers using the Hubble Telescope found that the region around a quasar's black hole pushes out material at a few percent the speed of light. These quasar tsunamis wreak havoc on the galaxies in which the quasars live.
Astronomers recently discovered a wall of galaxies 1 billion light years across, larger than anything else yet identified in the cosmos
The world is a pretty big place, but when you compare it to the rest of the universe you realise just how insignificant you are. ... Continue Reading »
Is there anything more breathtaking and surreal than outer space? Often, I feel like there absolutely isn't. Maybe it's because of all the celestial masterpieces stars, galaxies, and planets paint, effortlessly sweeping us off our feet? Or maybe we feel this way about space because it's something we can't touch, tame, or change? Or perhaps, it's because of that nostalgic feeling you get when it's a warm summer night and you raise your head and look up at the sky and all the stars simultaneously remind you of how truly small you are (but in the best way possible)?
Gold, Light, Rhythm, Dance, Mind. On life, love, quirks, expectations, positivity, soul journey, reflections and well-being.
The First Intergalactic Map was the first canon intergalactic map that depicted all of the galaxies and major nebulae in the First Gigaquadrant- the so-far known universe. Many important galaxies...
In the past 20 years, the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii has revealed amazing secrets at the edge of the universe as well as in Earth's own solar system. See our picks for its biggest cosmic finds.
There are four distinct types of galaxies in the universe, elliptical, spiral, barred spiral, and irregular. Although these are the four main types, there are various types of galaxies and the way in which they are classified is by their shape. A galaxy is a cluster of stars, gas, and dust that are kept together...
Say hello to Laniakea, our local galaxy supercluster.
Some Yangchen × Kavik pencil and watercolor sketches
1. The largest known black hole (Holmberg 15A) has a diameter of 1 trillion km, more than 190 times the distance from the Sun to Pluto.
A colorful collection of galaxy specimens from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission showcases galaxies of several types, from elegant grand design spirals to more patchy flocculent spirals.
