Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare group of five 'dwarf' galaxies that are 'interacting with each other' about 117 million light years away from Earth Dwarf galaxies contain a few ...

Astronomers have discovered an extremely rare group of five 'dwarf' galaxies that are 'interacting with each other' about 117 ...

But sometimes, hens lay eggs with two yolks. In a similar way, astrophysicists like us who study supermassive black holes expect to find binary systems – two supermassive black holes orbiting each ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Galaxy clusters -- the big cities of the universe -- are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have completed their growth and are not forming stars. However, it is still ...

In a similar way, astrophysicists like us who study supermassive black holes expect to find binary systems—two supermassive black holes orbiting each other—at the hearts of some galaxies.

The missing ingredient for cooking up stars in the same way you might steam your Christmas pudding has been spotted for the first time by astronomers. Much like a pressure cooker has a weight on ...

Researchers identified 378 satellite galaxies around their host systems, an accomplishment requiring meticulous analytical techniques to differentiate these objects from a dense background noise. The ...

Study co-author Erica Nelson remarked: 'Why on Earth do these galaxies have so much more dust than all the other galaxies? Got me.' The researchers considered data from the vast array of better ...

NGC 7320 is not a member of the group that contains the other four galaxies. (University of Hertfordshire) "Since its discovery in 1877, Stephan's Quintet has captivated astronomers, because it ...

and merge to produce even bigger galaxies where gravity draws them together across chasms of space-time. The WEAVE data overlaid on an image of Stephan's Quintet taken using JWST. NGC 7320 is not a ...