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A study by Indian researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics found dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way may host intermediate-mass black holes, with stellar motion data consistent with their presence, advancing understanding of galaxy and black hole evolution

Alexander de la Vega, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Riverside said, "This galaxy, named ceers-2112, formed soon after the Big Bang."

Until now it was believed that barred spiral galaxies like the Milky Way could not be observed before the universe, estimated to be 13.8 billion years old, reached half of its current age.

Iso-propanol, which can be used as an antiseptic, a solvent, or a cleaning agent, has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, according to research led by Arnaud Belloche of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn. The molecule was found in the massive star-forming region Sagittarius B2, near the centre […]

Daejeon: Astronomers snapped an image of a supermassive black hole for the first time in history. This is the second result of the research team since 2019, when it presented a picture of the M87 black hole. The Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) also participated in the research. Scientists said the result is […]

Berlin: Astronomers unveiled the first image of the Supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy which is four million times more massive than the Sun, terming it a “gentle giant” while announcing the breakthrough on Thursday. The finding, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, greatly improves our understanding of […]

Scientists learned of the ancient collision for the first time this year while using artificial intelligence (AI) to study tight-knit groups of stars called globular clusters.

Scheduled for launch in the mid-2020s, Roman will be one of NASA's most prolific planet hunters, the US space agency said on Wednesday.

Rogue planets are a bit uncommon as although many of the known exoplanets discovered so far do not resemble those in our solar system, they have one thing in common -- they all orbit a star.