MMO legend Raph Koster has announced a Kickstarter campaign for his next game – "a living galaxy sandbox MMORPG" that he ...

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"Unofficial Galaxies," considered one of the largest single collections of "Star Wars" memorabilia in the world, was ...

Star Wars has changed a lot since Disney took ownership of the franchise. The old Expanded Universe was de-canonized and is now known as Star Wars Legends. This move angered a lot of Star Wars fans, ...

Star-forming galaxies, including ours, are rich in elements — and secrets. Stars come to life fastest in the early histories of such galaxies, but this process doesn’t last at such a high rate ...

This gravitational interaction pulls matter from the galaxies, forming visible "tidal tails” of gas and stars. "Such interactions often trigger bursts of star formation and can significantly ...

The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star made of mysterious "fuzzy" matter. When you purchase through links on ...

Star trackers allow you to eliminate star trails, gain sharper images and capture deep sky objects such as galaxies and nebulas. If you are shooting a long-exposure shot of stars without a star ...

Even more intriguingly, they seem to have the features of star populations. Could these galaxies be both stars and active galactic nuclei at the same time? Or some evolutionary stage in between?

This indicates star formation in the early universe was extremely efficient. And this galaxy is not the only one. When galaxies grow, their stars explode, creating dust. The bigger the galaxy ...