Whether or not galaxies merge depends on how strong the gravitational attraction is between the galaxies and whether the universe's expansion is more powerful than gravity. Gravity affects everything ...
Why is the Andromeda Galaxy moving toward us while other neighboring galaxies are speeding away? For decades, such galactic movements have puzzled astronomers. Now, computer simulations by Ewoud Wempe ...
A new study has found that a hidden bias in galaxy models can skew gravitational-wave measurements of how fast the universe is expanding. That finding complicates one of astronomy’s most promising ...
Most messages are press releases about astronomical discoveries—okay, scratch that; most of them are spam, but science announcements are an easy second place. But I also get questions from readers ...