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Last month, I interviewed Amber Straughn, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center who studies the evolution of galaxies. She's part of the team working on what will essentially be the most powerful telescope ever built: the James Webb...

In this week’s eSkeptic: Follow Daniel Loxton: Scientific Skeptics & Skeptical History Skepticality: Abominable Science! Feature: Multiple Answers to Why the Universe Exists Call for Submissions: The Skeptical Studies Curriculum Resource...

A record-breaking galaxy cluster some 11.1 billion light-years away has been spotted by astronomers having the mother of all star burst parties. Named CL J1001+0220, this cluster can be seen forming when the universe was less than three billion years...

Some terrific images of galaxies have appeared recently in various media, providing an opportunity to share a few with SpaceRip visitors. Meet “Mike” The Hubble Space Telescope has produced countless photos of galaxies large and small, spirals and...

The Hubble Space Telescope, which orbits 559 kilometers (357mi) above the surface of Earth, has captured the farthest, deepest, and oldest view of the of the observable universe. In the image above there are around 5,500 visible galaxies, with some of...