A massive galaxy that appeared less than two billion years after the Big Bang does not rotate on itself. This specimen, named XMM-VID1-2075, contradicts all astronomers' expectations. According to ...

A new Milky Way-like galaxy simulation has revealed that nuclear star clusters and nuclear stellar disks can form together from the same flow of material at the center of galaxies. The central regions ...

Understanding the formation and evolution of the centers of galaxies is one of the most intriguing challenges in astrophysics. The new study aims to unveil the physical processes that led to the ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. This illustration shows the simulated ...