astrophysics

In 2016, astronomers led by Pieter van Dokkum of Yale College revealed a bombshell paper claiming the invention of a galaxy so dim, but so broad and heavy, that it have to be virtually solely invisible. They estimated that the galaxy,…

On the morning of October 9, astronomers’ inboxes pinged with a comparatively modest alert: NASA’s Swift Observatory had simply detected a recent burst of power, assumed to be coming from someplace inside our personal galaxy. However six…