We can infer that it is a spiral based on maps of the stars in its spiral arms, but we cannot go outside the galaxy to see this spiral structure firsthand. However, with telescopes, we can see other spiral galaxies from the outside and conclude that the Milky Way is like them. ...
So why celebrate the spotting of a really, really gigantic star's death? Not only was SNLS-03C3bb a game-changer, but understanding how different stars die allows scientists to predict how future supernovae will impact the rest of the universe. Type Ia supernovae completely destroy the core...
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Found at the heart of large, ancient galaxies, quasars are supermassive black holes that are so luminous they outshine the sun by as much as 27 trillion times.
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around it. The quasar pours out thousands of times the entire energy of stars in a galaxy. One of the closest quasars to Earth, 3C 273 is 2.5 billion light-years away. (If it was very nearby, a few tens of light-years from Earth, it would appear as bright as the Sun in the ...
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Our planet and solar system are in a Goldilocks-type zone where there are no stars close enough to our cosmic neighborhood that are big enough to turn into stellar-mass or supermassive black holes. As for the opposite side of the size spectrum? Well, the jury is still out. The aforementio...
Another great description was offered by Nick Bostrom, a philosopher who also hails from the FHI. As he described it in his 2008 essay, “Where Are They? Why I Hope the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Finds Nothing“: “The Great Filter can be thought of as a probability barrier....