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Astronomers Discover Unusual Monster Galaxy in the Very Early Universe

Astronomers Discover Unusual Monster Galaxy in the Very Early Universe

XMM-2599 Lived Fast and Died Young Maunakea, Hawaii – An international team of astronomers led by scientists at the University …
Astronomers Detect Large Amounts of Oxygen in Ancient Star's Atmosphere

Astronomers Detect Large Amounts of Oxygen in Ancient Star’s Atmosphere

Maunakea, Hawaii – An international team of astronomers from the University of California San Diego, the Instituto de Astrofísica de …
Astronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy's Enormous Black Hole

Astronomers Discover Class of Strange Objects Near Our Galaxy’s Enormous Black Hole

Maunakea, Hawaii – Astronomers from UCLA and W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered four more bizarre objects at the center …
Astronomers Spot Distant Galaxy Group Driving Ancient Cosmic Makeover

Astronomers Spot Distant Galaxy Group Driving Ancient Cosmic Makeover

Maunakea, Hawaii – An international team of astronomers funded in part by NASA has found the farthest galaxy group identified …
The 'Cores' of Massive Galaxies Found to Have Formed A Billion Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

The ‘Cores’ of Massive Galaxies Found to Have Formed A Billion Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Maunakea, Hawaii – A distant galaxy more massive than our Milky Way — with more than a trillion stars — …
Unpredicted Stellar Black Hole Discovered

Unpredicted Stellar Black Hole Discovered

Maunakea, Hawaii – Our Milky Way Galaxy is estimated to contain 100 million stellar black holes – cosmic bodies formed …
NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on Europa

NASA Scientists Confirm Water Vapor on Europa

Maunakea, Hawaii – Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first closeup images of Europa, one of Jupiter’s 79 …
Astronomers Catch Wind Rushing Out of Galaxy

Astronomers Catch Wind Rushing Out of Galaxy

Researchers Directly Observe for the First Time a Huge Outflow of Gas Extending Far Beyond a Galaxy Maunakea, Hawaii – …
A Crisis in Cosmology

A Crisis in Cosmology

Maunakea, Hawaii – A group of astronomers led by University of California, Davis has obtained new data that suggest the …
Massive Filaments Fuel the Growth of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes

Massive Filaments Fuel the Growth of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes

Maunakea, Hawaii – An international group of scientists led by Hideki Umehata of the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, a …
Oldest Galaxy Protocluster Forms "Queen's Court"

Oldest Galaxy Protocluster Forms “Queen’s Court”

Maunakea, Hawaii – Using multiple Maunakea Observatories – the Subaru Telescope, W. M. Keck Observatory, and Gemini Observatory – an …
Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Appears to be Getting Hungrier

Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Appears to be Getting Hungrier

UCLA astronomers notice brightest light in 24 years of observations Maunakea, Hawaii – The enormous black hole at the center …