Galaxies

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Writer Fuel: Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s First Image Includes 10 Million Galaxies. And There are BILLIONS More

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A piece of the Rubin Observatory's view of the Virgo Cluster featuring spiral galaxies and merging galaxies. (Image credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)

After decades of preparation, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first images to the world in a live stream on Monday (June 23). The photos, taken by the world’s largest digital camera, are highly-detailed and show relatively large areas of the sky. In a televised news conference, scientists from the observatory revealed new details … Read more

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Writer Fuel: How Many Galaxies Are There?

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The Milky Way is just a speck in a universe filled with an untold number of galaxies. But if we had to take an educated guess, how many galaxies are in the universe? That sounds like a simple question, but it’s anything but. The first problem is that even with our most powerful telescopes, we … Read more