Elusive Fast Radio Bursts In Space Probably Come From the Most Ordinary Galaxies
A recent study traced 28 fast radio bursts to very average galaxies, with unremarkable magnetic fields and very little drama.
New Data Reveals How Galaxies Grew in the Early Universe
These new galaxies in the early universe were still hungrily gobbling up nearby gas.
Astronomers Just Noticed Something Bizarre About Elderly Galaxies
It turns out that galaxies get messier with age.
Hubble Scrutinized Hundreds of Newborn Stars to Untangle How Galaxies Evolve
The survey focused on two dramatically different groups of stars.
It Turns Out Tiny Galaxies Made the Universe Visible
Dwarf galaxies packed a surprisingly energetic punch in the early universe — and gave us all a helluva view.
Look: Stunning images show baby stars in nearby galaxies
The composites could help researchers better understand how stars are formed.
New radio telescope images show off wild galaxies
Look: Ghostly, mysterious galaxies help unlock the secrets of dark matter
These "failed Milky Ways" explain weird galaxy births.
Galaxies collide in stunning new Webb Telescope image
Webb's instruments shed new light on the merger between two galaxies and a brilliant burst of star formation.
Webb captures 13.5 billion-year-old galaxies in a swath of northern sky
The data will help astronomers understand how the universe's oldest galaxies formed.
Beware! Dramatic image of spiral galaxies previews the future fate of the Milky Way
This could be us, but you’re taking the picture 5 billion years too early.
Hubble Just Captured One of the Universe's Most Puzzling Galaxies
Behold galaxy NGC 7292, an irregular galaxy in the constellation Pegasus shining faintly.
The Hubble Telescope Just Captured Two Galaxies Colliding Into Each Other
The venerable space telescope is seeking out the weirdest, messiest galaxies in the universe.
Webb Telescope Just Uncovered Two of the Universe's Oldest-Known Galaxies
Detected amidst 60,000 points of light, these ancient galaxies provide clues about early galaxy formation.
Webb Telescope may have just discovered the oldest known galaxies
NASA and the European Space Agency have announced the sighting of two ancient galaxies.
Hubble finds a wall of hot plasma acting like a shield for two nearby galaxies
Gas heated to half a million degrees protects two small galaxies.
Webb Telescope Reveals An Ancient Universe Packed with Oddly-Bright Galaxies, Puzzling Astronomers
Astronomers are seeing the cosmos as it once was.
These galaxies have no dark matter — and astronomers may finally know why
A galaxy 65 million light years away holds secrets to an ancient traffic jam, which may have kicked out dark matter in the process.
Hubble captures 3 galaxies caught in a gravitational tug of war
A new image hints at the cosmic fate of the Milky Way.
Look! Webb Telescope Captured Stunning Portraits Of 19 Spiral Galaxies
Take breaks to avoid dizziness.
‘Overmassive’ Black Holes Dominated Early Galaxies, Study Finds
And you thought Sagittarius A* was big.
These Seven Galaxies Snuggled Together Is the Birthplace of the Most Powerful Fast Radio Burst
This septet is unlike any other known FRB origin site.
Messy Plasma Streams Could Explain How Supermassive Black Holes Influence Galaxies
The hungriest black holes and the slowest eaters still emit the same afterglow, and that could be a huge clue to their relationship with their host galaxies.
Two Newly Discovered Galaxies Appear Bedazzled With Glittering Rings Of Gas
Somebody must have liked spiral galaxies NGC 4632 and NGC 6156.
Webb Image Reveals Numerous Galaxies Strung in a Line Along the Ancient Cosmic Web
The James Webb Space Telescope just found one of the cosmic web’s ancient strands.
Webb Telescope Finds Bright, Massive Stars in Hundreds of the Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen
The age of darkness is over. The Epoch of Reionization has come.
Look! New Hubble Image Shows Galaxies in a Gravitational Dance
Someday, these two galaxies may merge, and two supermassive black holes will become one.
An Astronomer Just Found Three Dwarf Galaxies That a Computer Missed
Sometimes humans are better at astronomy than computers.
An iconic nearby astronomical object has been stealing stars from other galaxies
The researchers behind this work identified a population of globulars in Andromeda’s inner halo that all have the same metallicity.
Look! Hubble could help uncover how “peculiar galaxies” formed
These peculiar galaxies have a lot to teach us.