The Hubble Space Telescope’s eXtreme Deep Field image allows scientists to see galaxies more than 13 billion light years away.
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The Milky Way Is a Snowy White, Astronomers Say
It’s official: the Milky Way is white. A group of scientists announced their success at determining the exact color of earth’s home galaxy at the 219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Not only is the Milky Way …
NASA Finds Planet in ‘Habitable Zone’ That Could Sustain Life
Kepler-22b, scientists say, has a fighting chance at sustaining liquid water – and perhaps even life.
Stumped Scientists: How Can a Giant Black Hole Exist in a Very Small Galaxy?
This newly discovered galaxy is like the rebel child that breaks all the rules.
First Earth-Like Planet Found in Space
Kepler 10-b, a new rocky Earth-like planet found by NASA, could be the missing link between Earth and the rest of the galaxy by being the first possible habitable planet found in the universe.
Amateur Stargazer Leads NASA to Baby Black Hole
Apparently Albert Einstein was wrong, black holes are not where God divided by zero!
Scientists Catch Black Hole Making Its Own Galaxy
Scientists were puzzled recently by quasar HE0450-2958, which did not appear to have a host galaxy. (As everyone knows, all quasars have host galaxies.) However, by looking at it with their Special Science Telescope, they were …