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This artist’s impression shows the Milky Way galaxy. The blue halo of material surrounding the galaxy indicates the expected distribution of the mysterious dark matter, which was first introduced by astronomers to explain the rotation properties of the galaxy and is now also an essential ingredient in current theories of the formation and evolution of galaxies. New measurements show that the amount of dark matter in a large region around the Sun is far smaller than predicted and have indicated that there is no significant dark matter at all in our neighbourhood.
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Dark matter influences the size of galaxies

Posted on August 24, 2026August 13, 2026 by Ben Pauley

Researchers simulated the effects of dark matter halos on galaxies and found that denser halos produced smaller galaxies.

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    "A “Jellyfish” Galaxy Swims Into View" by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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    Characterizing galaxies at “cosmic noon”

    Posted on May 18, 2026April 27, 2026 by Ben Pauley

    Astronomers studied 3 galaxies that formed 2 to 3 billion years after the Big Bang to calculate how much gas, stars, and dark matter they…

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      NASA’s Webb Uncovers Star Formation in Cluster’s Dusty Ribbons, NGC 346 (NIRCam)
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      JWST reveals properties of dusty star-forming galaxies

      Posted on February 26, 2026February 4, 2026 by Sciworthy

      Astronomers used new JWST data to unravel the structures of 22 dusty star-forming galaxies that previous telescopes couldn’t see.

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        Astronomers model early star clusters

        Posted on November 17, 2025November 3, 2025 by Ben Pauley

        Scientists used computer simulations to determine how ancient star clusters formed. Their results were similar to real clusters found with…

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          How did early galaxies form?

          Posted on October 27, 2025October 16, 2025 by Ben Pauley

          Astronomers observed a distant, ancient galaxy and found that it consisted of 5 distinct regions, suggesting a complex formation history…

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            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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              Fermi Sees the Gamma Ray Sky
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              Where do deep-space gamma-rays come from?

              Posted on September 8, 2025August 18, 2025 by Ben Pauley

              Researchers found that distant star-forming galaxies can only account for about half of the high-energy radiation from outside the Milky Way…

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                Galaxy Cluster Abell 370
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                Galactic clusters impact star formation

                Posted on August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                Researchers used light emissions to reconstruct the evolution of galaxies that fall into clusters in deep space.

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                  Scientists date star columns at the center of galaxies

                  Posted on July 24, 2025July 10, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                  Researchers used data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile to study dense columns of stars at the center of 20 nearby galaxies. They found…

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                    This rendering shows a snapshot from a cosmological simulation of a Lyman-alpha Blob similar to LAB-1. This simulation tracks the evolution of gas and dark matter using one of the latest models for galaxy formation running on the NASA Pleiades supercomputer. This view shows the distribution of gas within the dark matter halo, colour coded so that cold gas (mainly neutral hydrogen) appears red and hot gas appears white. Embedded at the centre of this system are two strongly star-forming galaxies, but these are surrounded by hot gas and many smaller satellite galaxies that appear as small red clumps of gas here. Lyman-alpha photons escape from the central galaxies and scatter off the cold gas associated with these satellites to give rise to an extended Lyman-alpha Blob.
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                    Astronomers find distant galaxies with neural networks

                    Posted on April 7, 2025June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                    Researchers developed a computer algorithm that correctly predicted the light emission characteristics of ancient faraway galaxies based on…

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