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What happened to the missing stars at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy?
Keith Cooper

18/05/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
What Happened To The Missing Stars At The Heart Of Our Milky Way Galaxy?
The stellar companions of more than a dozen stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy have gone missing — and astronomers want to know why.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds tiny early galaxy packing big star-forming punch
Keith Cooper

14/04/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
James Webb Space Telescope Finds Tiny Early Galaxy Packing Big Star-Forming Punch
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has observed a galaxy in the early universe that could be the progenitor of galaxies such as our own Milky Way.
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Discovering Extraterrestrials Offers Benefits
Avi Loeb

11/04/2023 Reading 7 min

Source de l'article : The Debrief
Discovering Extraterrestrials Offers Benefits
In 2010, Stephen Hawking warned that discovering extraterrestrals might pose and existential risk to humanity.
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Galaxy cluster spied forming in early universe (photos
Keith Cooper

29/03/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Galaxy Cluster Spied Forming In Early Universe (Photos
Hot gas has been detected in a young proto-galaxy cluster in the early universe for the first time, shedding more light on how cluster components come together.
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‘We just discovered the impossible'
Ivo Labbe

22/02/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : The Conversation
‘We Just Discovered The Impossible'
The discovery of massive, early galaxies could force scientists to rethink how the first galaxies formed after the Big Bang.
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