Category: galaxy

Compact Galaxy’s Discovery Shows Webb Telescope’s ‘Amazing’ Power

WASHINGTON—The detection of a highly compact galaxy that formed relatively soon after the Big Bang and displayed an impressive rate of star formation is the latest example of how the James Webb Space Telescope is reshaping our understanding of the early universe. Scientists said the galaxy, dating to 13.3 billion years ago, has a diameter…


Young Hong Kong Photographer Captures Blue Tears and Wins Awards

Beginning his journey as a photography hobbyist At the age of 11, Hong Kong teenager Javan Lie has followed his father’s footsteps for the past three years to document the mysterious night sky and galaxy with a backpack full of heavy photographic gear. Hong Kong, a sleepless city, shines more bright lights than the stars…


Raiders of Galaxy (1985)

A group of young space cadets use a technologically advanced mecha to combat an evil extraterrestrial race that is trying to take over the galaxy. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on…


Black Hole Hunters Cast Gaze at Center of the Milky Way Galaxy

WASHINGTON—Residing at the center of our spiral-shaped Milky Way galaxy is a beast—a supermassive black hole possessing 4 million times the mass of our sun and consuming any material including gas, dust, and stars straying within its immense gravitational pull. Scientists have been using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global network of observatories working…


NASA’s SOFIA Observatory Studies Neighboring Galaxy From Chile

SANTIAGO—An airplane-borne telescope has flown high above Chile at night this month to observe a sliver of the universe as scientists aim to gain a better understanding of how stars are born. The U.S. space agency NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a state-of-the-art Boeing 747 fitted with a telescope able to observe the…


Amateur Astrophotographer Shoots Jaw-Dropping Images of Galaxies Millions of Light-Years Away in His Backyard

A keen stargazer in the UK who started photographing the heavens during lockdowns has produced a series of jaw-dropping images of galaxies millions of light-years away. Roger Allpress, 57, has captured the most distant corners of space after he turned to astrophotography to solve his CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus lockdown boredom. His stunning photos show…


Draw With Galaxy Lifts Sounders Into First Place in West

Raul Ruidiaz scored on a penalty kick in the 51st minute as the Seattle Sounders moved into sole possession of first place in the Western Conference on Monday after a 1–1 tie with the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy. The Sounders (17–8–8, 59 points) inched past Sporting Kansas City (58 points) and the Colorado Rapids (58…


Look Up! How Our Connections to the Stars and Nature Benefit Our Past, Present, and Future

With modern technology all around us, we often forget about the cycles of nature and the cosmos that our ancestors always relied on. But our health, knowledge, culture, and future are still impacted by our connection to the sun, moon, planets, and beyond. As humans, we’ve always looked up to the stars, to the planets,…


Astronomers Detect the Most Distant Spiral Galaxy Ever Found

Using the telescope known as the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of researchers may have found the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen, according to a statement. The galaxy, dubbed BRI 1335–0417, is estimated to have formed only 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, making it the most ancient known galaxy with…


Photographer Captures Extraordinary Image of Milky Way in Hi-Res That Took 12 Years of Exposure

An opalescent pendant, the Milky Way cuts a colossal path through the night sky. It is the nebula of our galaxy that has inspired a sense of awe and mystery in humankind throughout history. It was this sense of wonderment that photographer JP Metsavainio hoped to capture with an extreme long-exposure composite image of the…