The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of interacting galaxies Arp 142. Arp 142 consists of a distorted ...

NASA’s telescope captured 7 amazing spiral galaxy photos. These galaxies have bright stars, swirling arms, and glowing gas.

An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made its mark by capturing its first-ever observations of tidal disruption events ...

“The gas spans the entire width of the system and was likely shocked and compressed at the collision site,” they and their ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...

Throughout cosmic evolution, although dwarf galaxies are individually small, they are numerous and serve as the fundamental ...

It all boils down to the apparent brightness of an object, or in astronomical parlance, its apparent magnitude. There are ...

NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy about 100 million light-years away, which is close in space terms. It has a strange shape and a golden haze coming from its center. This is because it's merging with a ...

The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.

Our Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than we've detected so far. They're just too faint to be seen.

Many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these outdoor lighting from roads, buildings and elsewhere could ...