NASA/ESA research discovers slow-growing galaxies can offer a window to the early universe
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(The Small Magellanic Cloud, pictured here, is the location of the potential TZO – Photo Credit: ESA/Hubble)
A strange hybrid star, known as a Thorne-Zytkow object (TZO), has for decades simply existed as a theory. It was first proposed by physicist Kip Thorne and astronomer Anna Zytkow in 1975 and had since been cited as simply a myth, until now. Continue reading
(Photo Credit: ESO)
The European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory captured this beautiful image of Messier 11 (also known as NGC 6705 or the Wild Duck Cluster): one of the most star-rich open clusters known. Continue reading