Enlarge / This quasar is over two billion light years away, yet is bright enough to outshine far closer galaxies. (credit: NASA/ESA) Active galaxies are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. These galaxies send out enormous jets of matter at near light speed, all powered by matter falling into the supermassive black hole […]
Enlarge / A reconstruction of the cosmic web— a vast network of filamentary structures of matter spanning the universe—modeled on the growth patterns of slime mold. (credit: Joseph N. Burchett et al./AJL) There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re once again running a special […]