Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most energetic events ever observed in the universe. These powerful outbursts can shine a quintillion (10 18) times brighter than the sun. Since they were first ...
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Milky Way Linked to Huge Cosmic Structures That Test Modern Cosmology Boundaries, New Study Suggests
As humans’ understanding of the universe has deepened over the years, astronomers have discovered that Earth is part of an increasingly large number of cosmic structures, shaped by gravitational ...
This image shows five newly discovered superstructures. Quipu (red) is the largest structure ever found in the universe. The others are Shapley (blue), Serpens-Corona Borealis (green), Hercules ...
An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a “razor-thin” string of galaxies embedded in a giant spinning cosmic ...
A colossal structure in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved. In light that has traveled for 6.9 billion years to reach us, astronomers have found a giant, ...
Invisible structures shaped like noodles, lasagna sheets or hazelnuts could be floating around in our galaxy radically challenging our understanding of gas conditions in the Milky Way. CSIRO ...
Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain of galaxies sits inside a much larger filament that ...
Results Could Help NASA Speed Development of New Space Exploration Systems NEW ORLEANS, La. – Jan. 16, 2007 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has teamed up with the University of New Orleans’ ...
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