300,00 New Galaxies Discovered

It looks like space is indeed "the final frontier." Thanks to a special telescope from the Netherlands, the world appears to have suddenly gotten a lot larger and more cosmically complex. Scientists have recently discovered a new window on the universe, spotting 300,000 previously unknown galaxies. An international team of 200 scientists from 18 countries [...]

By |2019-05-06T14:02:15+00:00March 25th, 2019|AStronomy, Blog, Science, Space|Comments Off on 300,00 New Galaxies Discovered

The Discovery of a Tiny Galaxy

Of course, when it comes to things like galaxies, the word “tiny” is relative. This heretofore unknown galaxy, christened Bedin I, is 3000 light years across. This means that it takes light 3000 years to cross from one end to the other. As for mileage, consider that one light year is 5.88 trillion miles. But the galaxy [...]

By |2019-02-14T13:27:24+00:00February 14th, 2019|AStronomy, Blog, Science, Space|Comments Off on The Discovery of a Tiny Galaxy