How special is the Milky Way Galaxy?
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A “saga” about 101 galaxies like the Milky Way and their companions.
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The Milky Way is actually kinda basic
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The Milky Way has always seemed a little bit weird in comparison to other galaxies. For decades, research suggested that our galaxy was more compact than any other spiral galaxy. However, a new study found that it’s less strange than we thought—our galaxy’s core is about as dense as any other.
Read MoreB.O.A.T. Brightest of All Time
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A gamma-ray burst so bright it “blinded” space telescopes and shook Earth’s atmosphere.
Read MoreThe ‘Barbenheimer Star’
A blockbuster of a star exploded in a way previously thought impossible, resulting in an unusual pattern of elemental ashes that left behind a trail of evidence still visible billions of years later.
Read MoreFlying high at the Spaceport America Cup
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Kian Arian Ben-Jacob’s passion for aeronautics lifts his work to new heights at the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket engineering competition for student rocketeers.
Read MoreGravitational waves thrum through the cosmos
Tanmoy Laskar talks with @theU about an exciting announcement—gravitational waves are thrumming throughout the universe, distorting the fabric of space and time.
Read MoreAsteroid (433512) Hollyholman named after U researcher
U outreach presenter Patrick Wiggans named asteroid (4533512) Hollyholman after his friend, U biomedical engineering professor Holly Holman.
Read MoreBOOM! A meteor crashes across Utah’s sky
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On the morning of Aug. 13, a mysterious boom rattled windows and Utahns’ nerves across the Wasatch Front.
Read MoreU astronomers tackle decade’s biggest questions
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The innovative research from U physics and astronomy hit the areas that the national community determined as priorities in a once-in-a-decade report that guides the direction of astro-research for years to come.
Read MoreWatch launch of biggest, most powerful telescope
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U astronomer Anil Seth explains why the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope was a cosmically huge deal.
Read MoreWaste of space
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University of Utah engineers develop better method for cleaning up orbiting space junk.
Read MoreNew effort to map the universe, unravel mysteries of ‘dark energy’
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The international collaboration that includes the University of Utah aims to construct a 3-D map of the universe in more detail than ever before.
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