SYFY WIRE dwarf galaxies Some orphan gamma-ray bursts actually live in tiny faint galaxies Don’t you hate it when colliding neutron stars outshine their tiny dim host galaxies? By Phil Plait 9 months ago Ultra-faint mini-galaxy found around the Milky Way’s sibling Andromeda Super-dim galaxy Pegasus V may be the key to understanding the cosmos. By Phil Plait 10 months ago Astronomers find a treasure trove of black holes in small galaxies Dwarf galaxies have active black holes hiding in plain sight. By Phil Plait 11 months ago The secret of the bulge: A gorgeous partially digested galaxy in the Milky Way’s core The star cluster Liller 1 is not what it appears. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Breaking down the structure and history of a nearby — and weird — galaxy Centaurus A is under scrutiny as it eats other galaxies. By Phil Plait 1 year ago A nearby galaxy is giving birth to a brand new baby galaxy! A small galaxy is born from the ripped-out guts of a big one. By Phil Plait 1 year ago An enormous black hole is blasting out chaos and… acting as a midwife for stars? Huge black hole is actually helping stars be born. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Non-baryonic mystery: Where is this galaxy's dark matter? A faint diffuse galaxy is missing its dark matter. By Phil Plait 1 year ago A satellite galaxy to the Milky Way has a way too big black hole at its heart Leo I is far too small for its enormous central black hole. By Phil Plait 1 year ago It's galactic cannibalism all the way down A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ate a satellite galaxy of its own. By Phil Plait 1 year ago Load More
Some orphan gamma-ray bursts actually live in tiny faint galaxies Don’t you hate it when colliding neutron stars outshine their tiny dim host galaxies? By Phil Plait 9 months ago
Ultra-faint mini-galaxy found around the Milky Way’s sibling Andromeda Super-dim galaxy Pegasus V may be the key to understanding the cosmos. By Phil Plait 10 months ago
Astronomers find a treasure trove of black holes in small galaxies Dwarf galaxies have active black holes hiding in plain sight. By Phil Plait 11 months ago
The secret of the bulge: A gorgeous partially digested galaxy in the Milky Way’s core The star cluster Liller 1 is not what it appears. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Breaking down the structure and history of a nearby — and weird — galaxy Centaurus A is under scrutiny as it eats other galaxies. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
A nearby galaxy is giving birth to a brand new baby galaxy! A small galaxy is born from the ripped-out guts of a big one. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
An enormous black hole is blasting out chaos and… acting as a midwife for stars? Huge black hole is actually helping stars be born. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Non-baryonic mystery: Where is this galaxy's dark matter? A faint diffuse galaxy is missing its dark matter. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
A satellite galaxy to the Milky Way has a way too big black hole at its heart Leo I is far too small for its enormous central black hole. By Phil Plait 1 year ago
It's galactic cannibalism all the way down A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ate a satellite galaxy of its own. By Phil Plait 1 year ago