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Some of the largest galaxies in the cosmos aren’t creating new stars. Now scientists finally think they know why.
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Did humanity evolve too late to ever meet a galactic federation of intelligent life?
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Galaxies seemingly lacking dark matter which threatened to rule out alternative ideas about what dark matter could be may actually be full of it, according to a second, in depth look.
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Are two galaxies which seem to lack dark matter proof that dark matter must be a particle rather than a quirk of gravity at cosmic scales. Well, it's actually kind of complicated...
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If you imagine galaxies as tranquil clouds of gas and dust, lit up by billions of pinpoints of light, a 3D map of the Milky Way and the details behind it will show you otherwise.
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Astronomers discovered a large proto-supercluster that shows us just how quickly the universe we see today organized itself.
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Astronomers weigh a black hole so massive, it wasn't born from an imploding star but from massive nebulae crushed by its own gravity.