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Astronomers discover link between supermassive black holes and galaxy formation
“They evolved in lockstep,” said The University of Texas at Austin's John Kormendy, who co-authored the research with Ralf Bender of Germany's…
New understanding of the origin of galaxies advanced
A new theory as to how galaxies were formed in the Universe billions of years ago has been formulated by Hebrew University of Jerusalem cosmologists. The…
New understanding of the origin of galaxies advanced by Hebrew University Astrophysicists
The new theory, motivated by advanced astronomical observations and based on state-of-the-art computer simulations, maintains that the galaxies primarily…
‘Missing link’ galaxies discovered
The STAGES study led by the University’s Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory examines galaxy evolution using images from the Hubble Space Telescope.A…
The Strangulation of Spiral Galaxies
Galaxy Zoo, which uses volunteers from the general public to classify galaxies and the Space Telescope A901/902 Galaxy Evolution Survey (STAGES) projects have…
Stars stop forming when big galaxies collide
Led by Jeffrey Kenney, professor and chair of astronomy at Yale, the team saw a spectacular complex of warm gas filaments 400,000 light-years-long connecting…