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Intergalactic gas brings supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies to life

Black holes become active and grow by consuming gas captured from other galaxies. This is the…

Astrophysicists discover the perfect explosion in space

When neutron stars collide they produce an explosion that, contrary to what was believed until…

Does ice in the Universe contain the molecules making up the building blocks of life in planetary systems?

If you want to build a habitable planet, ice, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. These…

Galaxy formation:

Early galaxy formation caught in the act with James Webb

Astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center have unveiled the nature of the densest region of galaxies…

Cosmic explosions:

Astronomers discover enigmatic cosmic explosion

Astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute played an important role in the study that may lead us to…

James Webb Space Telescope:

Farthest galaxy candidate yet known discovered by James Webb

These galaxies seem to be so massive that they challenge our understanding of how structure forms i…

World-class research into Greenland's oldest ice and the Universe's densest stars win very large EU grants

When was Greenland actually green? And how does the Universe make gold, platinum and uranium?…

Master student discovers a group of galaxies clustered together in the early Universe

While developing and testing astronomical software on existing data, a master student in astronomy…

Astronomers discover a swarm of galaxies orbiting a hyper-luminous galaxy

Using the Very Large Telescope and the radio telescope ALMA in Chile, a team of astronomers…

Martian oxygen factory passes first major test

New results from the red and rocky surface of Mars have shown that MOXIE, an oxygen generator that…