Cats are known for their uncanny ability to land on their feet, but how does this reflex perform when gravity disappears? A ...
A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out of a cosmic cannon. A vibrant spiral galaxy appears to be whizzing through space as if it were launched out ...
The LMC is a dwarf galaxy, relatively close to the Earth (in galactic terms) at around 160,000 light years away. That may ...
In turn, the Virgo Supercluster is part of a larger structure of galaxy clusters called Laniakea, Hawaiian for "immense heaven." It contains about 100,000 galaxies, according to Space.com.