Tag Archives: Galaxy

Feast your eyes on this spectacular Hubble photo of a spiral galaxy

Posted on May 5, 2019 by The Great One

30 million light-years away, think about that! Light travels at 186,282 miles per second, so… 186,282 x 60 (seconds) x 60 (minutes) x 24 (hours) x 365 (days) x 30,000,000 (years) – that is quite a distance!  The universe truly … Continue reading →

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Are We The Only Intelligent Life in the Universe?? | Joe Rogan & Brian Cox

Posted on January 30, 2019 by The Great One

In my opinion, there is absolutely no way that we are the only “intelligent” life form in our galaxy, much less the universe. As physicist Brian Cox explains, there are a trillion galaxies in the universe and over 13 billion … Continue reading →

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Newly found galaxy cluster could become most massive structure in universe

Posted on April 26, 2018 by The Great One

The vastness and complexity of the universe is almost incomprehensible. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Yahoo News April 25, 2018 About 12.4 billion light-years from Earth lies a collection of galaxies that could end up as the most massive … Continue reading →

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Hubble spots Einstein ring surrounding galaxy cluster

Posted on April 7, 2018 by The Great One

The scale of the universe is beyond comprehension. The fact that there are millions upon millions of galaxies is mind-boggling. TGO Refer to story below. Source: UPI By Brooks Hays  |  April 6, 2018 April 6 (UPI) — A new image from … Continue reading →

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Was Einstein Right? Single Star Will Let Astronomers Test Theory of Relativity

Posted on March 2, 2018 by The Great One

Einstein’s theory of relativity has stood the test of time; over 100 years and counting. My guess is it will once again be proven right. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Newsweek Meghan Bartels, Newsweek Later this year, a special … Continue reading →

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Scientists found a new Earth-sized planet nearby… and it might be habitable

Posted on November 15, 2017 by The Great One

Just eleven light years away, a short saunter in terms of the scale of the universe. Unfortunately for us, there is currently no technology that allows us to travel at 186, 282 miles per second; equivalent to 299,792,458 meters per second! … Continue reading →

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Signs of alien life? Mysterious star stirs controversy

Posted on October 20, 2015 by The Great One

Skeptics will always disagree, especially the religious fanatics among us who believe that God created us and only us and that we are somehow special, but the universe is too vast to not contain countless other living creatures. And yes, … Continue reading →

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Universe ‘resting on sofa’ as it slowly dies

Posted on August 11, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press August 10, 2015 Sydney (AFP) – The Universe is experiencing a slow death, like a person resting on the sofa awaiting eternal sleep, according to astronomers from a project which … Continue reading →

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A nearby black hole just erupted for the first time in 26 years and scientists are ecstatic

Posted on June 30, 2015 by The Great One

The universe is such an intriguing place. One has to wonder if we, the human race, will ever know how it all came to be; whether there is one universe or multiple universes, what are all of the natural forces … Continue reading →

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Brightest Galaxy in the Universe Found

Posted on May 24, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall May 22, 2015 A newfound galaxy 12.5 billion light-years from Earth is the most luminous one known in the universe, blazing more brightly than 300 trillion suns, a … Continue reading →

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Proto Star Cluster a Cosmic ‘Dinosaur Egg’ Ready to Hatch

Posted on May 16, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd May 15, 2015 The youngest example of one of the oldest objects in the universe may have been discovered by astronomers, who say it appears ready to … Continue reading →

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Astronomers find farthest galaxy: 13.1 billion light-years

Posted on May 5, 2015 by The Great One

What a fascinating subject! Astrophysics, astronomy, physics, science in general… I find it so interesting! Most interesting of all is man’s quest to learn more and more about the universe we live in. Will we ever have all the answers … Continue reading →

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Graveyard of Stars May Surround Milky Way’s Monster Black Hole

Posted on April 29, 2015 by The Great One

Black holes, one of the many mysteries of space… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Charles Q. Choi The remains of thousands of stars might exist in a vast graveyard near the giant black hole at the heart … Continue reading →

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New evidence that dark matter could be self-interacting

Posted on April 20, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting article regarding dark matter. TGO Refer to story below. Source: ars technica Colliding galaxies suggest dark matter interacts with forces other than gravity. by Xaq Rzetelny – Apr 19, 2015 9:00pm EDT A new study examined the galaxy cluster … Continue reading →

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Colossal Ancient Galaxies Die from the Inside Out

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Great One

Astrophysics is such an amazing field. There is so much mystery; so much to speculate on and so much to discover. In this day and age, when so much is known about our world, it is so fascinating to have the … Continue reading →

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New clue sheds some light on mysterious ‘dark matter’

Posted on April 15, 2015 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press Paris (AFP) – Scientists on Tuesday said they had found tantalising evidence suggesting “dark matter” — the mysterious substance believed to comprise most of the Universe’s mass — may be … Continue reading →

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NASA’s chief scientist says we’ll find aliens by 2025 — here’s the most likely place they’re hiding

Posted on April 9, 2015 by The Great One

There is no question in my mind that there is other intelligent life, more than likely in many places in the universe. And by intelligent I’m not talking like humans, I mean really intelligent, which to me means having logic … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter Signal May Have Been Found In Mysterious X-Ray Data

Posted on December 14, 2014 by The Great One

Science continues to make advances, seemingly at a geometric rate. Meanwhile, religious fanatics continue to believe in books littered with fairy tales; the Bible, the Koran, the Book of Mormon…Will mankind ever become truly civilized and leave behind their barbaric … Continue reading →

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Tiny galaxy harbours black-hole surprise

Posted on September 19, 2014 by The Great One

Meanwhile… as religious imbeciles pray five times a day and decapitate innocent people in the name of God, science pushes forward. The contrast between science and religion has never been more evident. The more we advance as a species thanks … Continue reading →

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The Black Hole Smokescreen

Posted on June 22, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Daily Beast By Matthew R. Francis Black holes are strange, seemingly paradoxical objects. By their nature, they are nearly invisible. Yet thanks to their powerful gravitational pull, they draw in matter, … Continue reading →

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Milky Way Galaxy Shimmers Over New Zealand Pool in Stunning Amateur Photo

Posted on May 11, 2014 by The Great One

What an awesome photo! TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nina Sen, SPACE.com Contributor  The glow of the Milky Way in the night sky reflects off a deep pool along a New Zealand beach in this stunning photo … Continue reading →

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Astronomers spot most Earth-like planet yet

Posted on April 18, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By ALICIA CHANG LOS ANGELES (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected — a distant, rocky world that’s similar in size to … Continue reading →

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Exploring Dark Energy

Posted on April 13, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: The Daily Beast By Matthew R. Francis  The Daily Beast The Universe is expanding—the space between galaxies is growing larger all the time. Not only that, but the rate of expansion is … Continue reading →

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Seeds of Monster Black Holes Were Surprisingly Big

Posted on March 30, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Mike Wall, Senior Writer March 28, 2014 6:06 PM The gigantic black holes that lurk at the hearts of galaxies were apparently born big.  The central black holes in dwarf … Continue reading →

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Star-rich galaxy found from universe’s baby years

Posted on February 11, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Irene Klotz February 10, 2014 9:50 PM CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Astronomers have found an old and distant galaxy that is believed to date back to a time when … Continue reading →

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Stargazing Duo Snaps Gorgeous Photo of Triangulum Galaxy

Posted on February 10, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nina Sen, SPACE.com Contributor February 9, 2014 10:19 AM The Triangulum Galaxy, catalogued Messier 33 or NGC 598, is a spiral galaxy located approximately 3 million … Two astrophotographers teamed up … Continue reading →

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Structure of ‘Baby Milky Way’ Galaxy Seen for the First Time

Posted on February 4, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor Astronomers have gotten their first clear look at galaxy in the very early universe that could have evolved into a structure somewhat like the Milky … Continue reading →

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Milky Way’s Huge Black Hole to Gobble Gas Cloud Soon

Posted on January 25, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor January 24, 2014 2:11 PM A compilation of Swift telescope observations of the center of the Milky Way, where a supermassive black … A giant gas … Continue reading →

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Smallest, Faintest Galaxies of the Ancient Universe Spotted

Posted on January 14, 2014 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor  Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the light-bending properties of the massive galaxy cluster Abell … Two of NASA’s most powerful space telescopes have teamed up … Continue reading →

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The biggest scientific breakthroughs of 2013

Posted on December 29, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: THE WEEK From cloning to potential alien life By The Week Staff | 8:00am ET A galaxy teeming with Earths Astronomers calculated that there are 11 billion possibly habitable planets in our galaxy, greatly … Continue reading →

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Star Trails and Milky Way Shine over Lighthouse in Dazzling Photo

Posted on December 26, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com By Nina Sen, SPACE.com Contributor  The Milky Way moves across the night sky in this stunning composite image recently sent to SPACE.com. Astrophotographer Mike Taylor combined 65 frames from a static time … Continue reading →

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Jaw-Dropping Milky Way Galaxy View Wins Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Posted on October 2, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com by Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor An Australian space photographer has won top spot in a global space photography competition, with a spectacular “star-riddled” photo of the Milky Way galaxy, a jaw-dropping … Continue reading →

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Rare View of Ancient Galaxy Crash Revealed

Posted on May 23, 2013 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Mike Wall | SPACE.com Astronomers have caught two big ancient galaxies in the act of colliding, shedding new light on the role such megamergers played in galactic evolution during the … Continue reading →

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Gigantic Black Holes Just Got Even Bigger

Posted on December 20, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Charles Q. Choi | SPACE.com A number of the largest black holes in the universe may be even bigger than previously thought, researchers say. “Ultra-massive black holes — that is, … Continue reading →

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Your Help Needed to Study Andromeda Galaxy

Posted on December 11, 2012 by The Great One

For those interested in astronomy… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By Elizabeth Howell | SPACE.com A group of astronomers is inviting the public to join their star-hunting team in a search of the bright Andromeda Galaxy. The project … Continue reading →

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Elusive Dark Energy Is Real, Study Says

Posted on September 13, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below: Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com Dark energy, the mysterious substance thought to be accelerating the expansion of the universe, almost certainly exists despite some astronomers’ doubts, a new study says. After … Continue reading →

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Hubble Telescope Sees Two Galaxies in Cosmic Dance

Posted on September 7, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com A stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope has captured the perfect galactic portrait: two galaxies that are so different from one another, yet together … Continue reading →

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Milky Way ‘Haze’ May Be Dark Matter Signature

Posted on September 5, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com Strange radiation streaming from the core of our Milky Way galaxy may be a long-sought signal of dark matter, the elusive stuff thought to make up … Continue reading →

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Fading Supernova Explosions Revealed in New Spiral Galaxy Picture

Posted on August 2, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com A scintillating spiral galaxy that played host to two supernova explosions in the past 30 years takes center stage in a new image captured by a … Continue reading →

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European Telescope Pierces Into Heart of Massive Galaxy

Posted on June 26, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com – Mon, Jun 25, 2012 A recent photo of the colossal Centaurus A galaxy pierces through thick clouds of cosmic dust to reveal a clear view of its … Continue reading →

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Weird Galaxy Glows Bright in Amazing Telescope Photo

Posted on May 16, 2012 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Space.com By SPACE.com Staff | SPACE.com A telescope in Chile has caught a spectacular new view of a peculiar galaxy with a monster black hole at its heart. The new image shows … Continue reading →

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Japan astronomers find most distant galaxy cluster

Posted on April 25, 2012 by The Great One

To think that each one of those tiny disks in the photograph is a galaxy, some similar to our own Milky Way while others being much larger; each containing trillions of stars, planets, moons, asteroids, etc. is truly mind-boggling. Add … Continue reading →

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Scientists find monster black holes, biggest yet

Posted on December 8, 2011 by The Great One

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By MARCIA DUNN | AP – Tue, Dec 6, 2011 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have found the biggest black holes known to exist — each one 10 billion times the … Continue reading →

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Rare Sight: Giant Black Hole Devours Star, Fires Beams at Earth

Posted on June 17, 2011 by The Great One

Science is truly fascinating, and I believe cosmology to be especially so! TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer, Space.com Thu Jun 16, 11:44 pm ET A powerful beam of energy has been spotted blasting out from the center … Continue reading →

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Life Found in a Meteorite? Some Scientists Don’t Buy It

Posted on March 7, 2011 by The Great One

I am far more astonished, yes astonished, that certain scientists dispel the notion that there possibly could be life elsewhere in the universe than I am of the contrary. After all, the science of cosmology has proven that there are … Continue reading →

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For Fully Mature Black Holes, Time Stands Still

Posted on January 28, 2011 by The Great One

Super cool stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: SPACE.com Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Senior Writer Space.com clara Moskowitz, Space.com Senior Writer space.com Thu Jan 27, 3:30 pm ET The end of a black hole’s evolution may be a mind-bending kind of space-time independent of … Continue reading →

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First glimpse of a planet from another galaxy

Posted on November 19, 2010 by The Great One

The study of cosmology is one of the most fascinating of all the sciences. I can only imagine what discoveries will be made in the next hundred years and beyond, as our technology advances at a geometric rate. TGO Refer … Continue reading →

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Cosmos has billions more stars than thought

Posted on March 25, 2010 by The Great One

Very interesting article! This is what’s great about science,  as compared to (shall I dare say it) – religion. We have religions, dozens of them, with most of them claiming to know everything about the origin of the cosmos. Unfortunately, they know nothing. Then we … Continue reading →

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