Astronomers have puzzled for decades over how massive elliptical galaxies appeared so early in cosmic history. The standard ...

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

An international team of astronomers has performed multi-wavelength observations of the nearby Araish galaxy to investigate ...

Human classification, from celestial bodies to living organisms, often starts with their morphology. Depending on how something looks, it gets a certain label. This is all well and good until you find ...

According to the prevailing “cold dark matter” theory of the evolution of the universe, every galaxy is surrounded by a halo of dark matter that can only be detected indirectly by observing its ...

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Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

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New radio observations of molecular gas reveal how dozens of galaxies could have rapidly merged together in the early Universe.