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Tag: astrophysics

Galaxy Cluster Abell 520
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How do small galaxies get magnetic fields?

Posted on September 22, 2025August 28, 2025 by Ben Pauley

Astronomers showed that small galaxies orbiting larger galaxies become 2 to 8 times more magnetic after nearing their hosts.

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    Two Black Holes Made a Mega Black Hole!

    Posted on October 11, 2017December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

    1.76 billion light years away, two black holes smashed into one another, bearing one huge black hole the size of 53 suns. The explosion from…

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      What Makes a Universe Habitable?

      Posted on June 7, 2017October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      If there are multiple universes, which of them are capable of harboring life and why? A physicist comes up with a number, and that number is…

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