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NASA-ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope snaps a hidden galaxy 100 mn light years away

[ad_1] The Hubble Space Telescope, jointly run by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the US space agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has stunned everyone for decades, from the hardened professional astronomer to the lay person, with its amazing documentation of the Universe at large, looking back in time billions of years ago into galaxies being born and dying, stars exploding, black holes gobbling up everything…

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Scientists identify Milky Way’s ancient building blocks Shakti and Shiva

[ad_1] Astronomers have identified two ancient streams of stars – named after the Hindu deities Shakti and Shiva – that appear to be among the Milky Way’s earliest building blocks, offering new insight into how our galaxy came together long ago. Astronomers have identified two ancient streams of stars – named after the Hindu deities Shakti and Shiva – that appear to be among the Milky Way’s earliest building…

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‘Ram pressure can make stars’: Nasa captures Virgo Galaxy cluster – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) Astronomers using the Nasa/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a stunning image of LEDA 42160, a galaxy situated approximately 52 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. This dwarf galaxy, among many others, navigates through the dense gas within the vast Virgo cluster of galaxies, experiencing the profound effects of ram pressure.“A dwarf galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices,…

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