Astronomers tracked a star in Andromeda as it dimmed and vanished without the usual fiery explosion, offering rare clues to ...
For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. Most galaxies are carried outward with the flow ...
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Every major galaxy is speeding away from us, except one — and we finally know why
A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...
A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on ...
Astronomers have caught a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy quietly dying, collapsing into a black hole without producing a supernova, leaving behind little more than a fading trace. The findings ...
Astronomers have caught a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy quietly dying, collapsing into a black hole without producing a supernova, leaving ...
A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ever seen ...
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Andromeda is heading straight for the Milky Way, and scientists finally know why
For years, astronomers have observed the strange motion of Andromeda, the Milky Way’s closest large galactic neighbor. While ...
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Andromeda is headed toward the Milky Way, while other galaxies are moving away—and now we know why
A sheet of dark matter lying beyond the boundary of the Local Group is responsible for this.
Andromeda is also a flattened spiral like the Milky Way, but it's twice as large — 220,000 light-years across versus 105,000 for the Milky Way — and crammed with a trillion suns. Can you even begin to ...
The Egg Nebula, located around 1,000 light years away, is home to a dying star entering last phase of its life.
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