Galaxies

• Manitoba professor creates visualization of polar galaxy rings

  Two new polar ring galaxies were discovered after a team of international researchers, including a professor with the University of Manitoba, found traces of hydrogen gas

  Science

  Sep 13, 2023
  
• UAlberta astronomers uncover the first steps of how galaxies form stars

  Erik Rosolowsky a physics professor at the University of Alberta joins Global News Calgary with details on a recent discovery involving the James Webb Telescope and what it tells us about the universe.

  Mar 18, 2023
  
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• Astronomers discover biggest cluster of galaxies ever found from early days of the universe

  The 'proto-supercluster' of galaxies nicknamed Hyperion has a mass 1 million billion times greater than the sun and is so distant that it is viewed from earth as it looked billions of years ago.

  Science

  Oct 17, 2018
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• Astronomers discover 14 galaxies poised to collide and form colossal cluster

  Astrophysicist Scott Chapman of Dalhousie University says the discovery challenges conventional understanding of how structures form in the universe.

  Education

  Apr 26, 2018
• Astronomers believe universe holds 2 trillion galaxies

  Thought the universe was crowded with 100 billion to 200 billion galaxies? Try 1 trillion or even 2 trillion galaxies and more.

  Science

  Oct 14, 2016
• IN PHOTOS: 26 years later, Hubble’s images of our universe still amaze us

  It has peered 13.4 billion years back in time. It has produced awe-inspiring images and helped answer some age-old questions plaguing astronomers. See some of Hubble's best images taken over the past 26 years.

  Science

  Apr 25, 2016
• In photos: Hubble begins its 25th year in space

  NASA is celebrating the start of Hubble's 25th year. Here are a few breathtaking images and facts from the telescope that shed light on our universe.

  Science

  May 13, 2014