Universe
The Magellanic Group And Its Seven Dwarf Galaxies
The properties of dwarf galaxies have presented many challenges. «Ten years ago, my team at the University of Washington found that our cosmological model…
“Cosmic eye” sheds light on early galaxy formation
Using gravity from a foreground galaxy as a zoom lens the team was able to see a young star-forming galaxy in the distant Universe as it appeared only two…
When it comes to galaxies, diversity is everywhere
A typical galaxy contains billions of stars but looks smooth when viewed through a conventional telescope because the stars appear blurred together. In…
The “Magnificent Seven” of European astroparticle physics unveiled to the world
With seven types of major large-scale projects physicists want to find the answers to some of the most exciting questions about the Universe:• CTA, a large…
A dark matter disk in our Galaxy
In a paper published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astronomers Dr Justin Read, Professor George Lake and Oscar Agertz of the University…
Optical flash from the "naked-eye" gamma-ray burst detected by the smallest telescope "Pi of the Sky"
Detection of the optical flash from the gamma-ray burst coming simultaneously with gamma-rays by small telescopes, Pi of the Sky, TORTORA and RAPTOR provides…