The first set of observations for the BUFFALO survey began with the galaxy cluster Abell 370
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What’s at the centre of a galaxy cluster?
Gemma Lavender gets to the bottom of this question for us
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Hubble spots the farthest star ever seen
This massive blue star existed just 4.4 billion years after the Big Bang
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“Ultramassive” black holes are eating their host galaxies
A team of international astronomers has found a selection of black holes, even larger than supermassive black holes, up to 3.5 billion light years away
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‘Wobbling’ galaxies upset our understanding of dark matter
This unusual phenomenon within galaxy clusters may indicate to a new physics at work
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Astronomers suspect dark matter is fuzzy
The study, which involves 13 galaxy clusters, explores the possibility that mysterious substance may be more ‘fuzzy’ than ‘cold’
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Supermassive black hole found in unlikely place
A near-record-breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, has been uncovered in a sparsely populated area of the universe