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When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible
By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies? 100 years ago, a young Edwin Hubble settled astronomy’s ‘Great Debate.’
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
101 Galaxies Later: Why the Milky Way Stands Out in the Universe
New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...
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Scientist image 3-million-light-year-long 'cosmic web' ensnaring 2 galaxies for 1st time
It is the vast scaffold upon which the structure of the visible universe is formed. Gas had flowed along its filaments, providing galaxies with the raw material needed for star formation and ...