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A quasar at the edge of the observable Universe shines with the light of 10 *trillion* Suns

Phil Plait

Jan 18, 2019

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The quasar J043947.08+163415.7 (red) is extremely far away, and its light has been amplified by an intervening galaxy (blue) much closer to Earth. Credit: NASA, ESA, and X. Fan (University of Arizona)

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Tag: active galaxies

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Pale, dusty dots

Phil Plait

Jan 11, 2019

6

A map of the sky using the far-infrared observatory Herschel; every dot you see in this image is a distant galaxy. Credit: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE; M. W. L. Smith et al 2017

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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Measuring all the light in the Universe. All of it. Ever.

Phil Plait

Nov 30, 2018

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Tag: Gamma Rays

Tag: Bad Astronomy

A gigantic galactic city — still under construction — seen clear across the Universe

Phil Plait

Oct 18, 2018

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A visualization of the Hyperion proto-supercluster based on actual observations. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada & Olga Cucciati et al.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Hubble goes deep and finds thousands of galaxies assembling when the Universe was young

Phil Plait

Aug 20, 2018

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A deep Hubble image in ultraviolet, visible, and infrared light shows thousands of galaxies in the early Universe. This is the northern field of the HDUV survey.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

A glimpse of oxygen at the edge of space reveals stars born just after the Universe itself

Phil Plait

May 17, 2018

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The galaxy cluster MACSJ1149.5+223 lies in the foreground and magnifies the image of the much more distant JD1, a galaxy 13.3 billion light years away. Inset is the observation of oxygen from the galaxy.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

How fast is the Universe expanding? The answer depends on how you measure it, and that's a problem

Phil Plait

Feb 26, 2018

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This is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, and almost everything you see in it is a distant galaxy, billions of light years away. Credit: NASA, ESA, H. Teplitz and M. Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech), A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and Z.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

The immensity of the Universe, and our place in it

Phil Plait

Jan 1, 2018

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The immense galaxy cluster Abell 2163 is 2.5 billion light years away and contains hundreds of massive galaxies. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

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Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: supermassive black holes

The black hole on the edge of forever

Phil Plait

Dec 6, 2017

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Hercules A is a relatively nearby active galaxy, with a black hole in its heart eating matter and blasting out huge amounts of radiation and matter.

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Scientists believe there could be a wormhole at the center of our galaxy

Trent Moore

May 29, 2014

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