Hubble snaps gargantuan 665 million pixel mosaic of neighboring Triangulum Galaxy
New Atlas - Tue 8 Jan 19Astronomers have pieced together a massive mosaic of the nearby Triangulum Galaxy from images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The Vast spiral galaxy is located just three million ...
'Missing' galactic mergers come to light with new technique
Phys.org - Tue 8 Jan 19Galaxy mergers—in which two galaxies join together over billions of years in sometimes-dramatic bursts of light—aren't always easy for astronomers to spot. Now, scientists from the University ...
Young planets orbiting red dwarfs may lack ingredients for life
Phys.org - Tue 8 Jan 19Rocky planets orbiting red dwarf stars may be bone dry and lifeless, according to a new study using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Water and organic compounds, essential for life as we know ...
Young planets orbiting red dwarfs may lack ingredients for life, SpaceDaily - Wed 9 Jan 19Star gas, heading fast out of Dodge
Cosmos Magazine - Mon 7 Jan 19Hubble captures fast-moving ejecta.
Neighboring galaxy found to be on a collision course with the Milky Way
New Atlas - Fri 4 Jan 19When we think of celestial threats to our planet, we usually think of big asteroids and comets, and maybe the odd gamma ray burst or supernova. What we probably wouldn't think of is ...
Catastrophic galactic collision could send Solar System flying into space
Phys.org - Fri 4 Jan 19New research led by astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, predicts that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) could hit the Milky Way in two billion years' time.
Catastrophic galactic collision could send Solar System flying into space, Eurekalert - Thu 3 Jan 19A cosmic collision may be coming for our galaxy sooner than we thought
Newscientist - Thu 3 Jan 19The nearby Large Magellanic Cloud may be on a collision course with the Milky Way - and it could make our galaxy less strange when they smash in 2 billion years
Mysterious Blobs Around M-Dwarf Stars May Be Bad News for Alien Life
SPACE.com - Thu 10 Jan 19The sort of small, young, active stars that have become most exciting to astronomers looking for exoplanets may actually push away precisely what could be necessary to carry water to those planets ...
The Milky Way could hit another galaxy in 2 billion years, sending our solar system flying into space
USA today - Tue 8 Jan 19Our Milky Way galaxy could collide with a nearby galaxy (the Large Magellenic Cloud) in a "spectacular" cosmic collision in about 2 billion years        
Impending Galactic Crash Could Rip Open the Black Hole at the Milky Way’s Center
Livescience - Mon 7 Jan 19The end of the Milky Way as we know it may come 2 billion years ahead of schedule.
Milky Way will collide with nearby galaxy, hurtling solar system into space, report says
FOXNews - Mon 7 Jan 19A nearby galaxy will slam into the Milky Way galaxy and send the solar system, where Earth resides, hurtling into space, according to a journal article in the Royal Astronomical Society.
Milky Way to face a one-two punch of galaxy collisions
Ars Technica - Sat 5 Jan 19The Large Magellanic Cloud will hit us before Andromeda can get here.
Our Milky Way Will Crash Into a Neighbor Galaxy Sooner Than You Think
SPACE.com - Fri 4 Jan 19Our Milky Way galaxy will endure more than one dramatic collision in the foreseeable future, new research suggests.
Milky Way on Collision Course With Large Magellanic Cloud
Geek.com - Fri 4 Jan 19The Milky Way is on a collision course with a nearby galaxy. According to Durham University, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) could crash into our Solar System in about 2 billion years. That’s ...
Astrophysicists say the Solar System will be DESTROYED by an incoming galaxy
Daily Mail - Fri 4 Jan 19Astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, said the collision between the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Milky Way will not happen for two billion years.
Cosmic collision billions of years off could fling Earth out of Milky Way - CNET
CNET - Thu 3 Jan 19Our galaxy may be headed for a crash that could create space fireworks and exile our whole solar system. Fortunately, we have a little time to prepare.
Astronomers find warped protoplanetary disk around distant star
UPI - Tue 8 Jan 19Researchers in Japan have identified a young star with an already warped protoplanetary disk.
Galaxy collision could send solar system flying
SpaceDaily - Thu 3 Jan 19Durham UK (SPX) Jan 04, 2019 A nearby galaxy is hurtling towards the Milky Way on a collision course that could fling our solar system into interstellar space. New research led by astrophysicists ...