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The Milky Way wasn't always a spiral —and astronomers may finally know why it 'shape-shifted'
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe clashing galaxies NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) as seen by the Gemini North telescope in...
The Milky Way's last major act of galactic cannibalism was surprisingly recent
Space via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGaia discovers the Milky Way's last major act of galactic cannibalism was surprisingly recent, as...
Could a black hole devour the universe?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAn artist's impression of a black hole surrounded by stars and bright light Black holes are infamous for their immense gravity — they can swallow stars,...
The Sun’s Expansion Will Devour Many of Its Children, Says Fun Study
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 2 months agoThe Sun’s Expansion Will Devour Many of Its ChildrMARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY - Getty Images...
Oldest black hole ever seen challenges what we know about their formation
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe galaxy GN-z11 as seen by a space telescope and an illustration of a feeding black hole (inset) -...
Astronomers Just Calculated The Spin Speed of a Supermassive Black Hole
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoA feast devoured by a supermassive black hole a billion light-years from Earth has revealed how fast that black hole spins on its axis. Changes in the flare of light as the black hole woke up ...
300 gamma-ray-blasting neutron stars found in massive haul — and some are 'spider pulsars'
Space via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAstronomers have discovered around 300 new gamma-ray-blasting pulsars, including several "spider...
Ferocious black holes reveal 'time dilation' in early universe
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTime is a slippery thing, as profound thinkers like physicist Albert Einstein and, well, fictional...
White dwarfs are 'heavy metal' zombie stars endlessly cannibalizing their dead planetary systems
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoZombie white dwarf stars keep their heavy metal exteriors fresh by constantly cannibalizing any...
Study of 'twin' stars finds some of them are planet-eaters
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe planetary system that includes Earth and its sibling planets orbiting the sun has been remarkably stable during its roughly 4.5 billion years of existence. An examination of 91 pairs of ...