New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope contradict traditional theories about early galaxy formation, revealing ...

Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with ...

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 ...

Hubble made no claims about a creator, but his discoveries and the wonder they evoke have prompted others to reconsider ‘the ...

It’s like asking what direction is farther north of the North Pole. Another way to think about the universe’s expansion is by thinking about how other galaxies are moving away from our galaxy, the ...

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 ...

On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and ...

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 ...

Disks should have one axis much shorter than the other, while elliptical galaxies are truly egg-shaped. Most of the galaxies in the sample were like that. So it looks like the biggest galaxies in ...

Another way to think about the universe's expansion is by thinking about how other galaxies are moving away from our galaxy, the Milky Way. Scientists know the universe is expanding because they ...