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

NASA is preparing 1st crewed mission to lunar surface in half decade via Artemis program as it continues surveying Mars, ...

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

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

Galaxies are collections of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter throughout the universe. Their size and scale can vary considerably. The Milky Way in which we live has 200 billion stars, which puts ...

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 ...

This unprecedented view of the Bullet Cluster provided by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how the dark matter is distributed.

The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, ...

Scientists working to study black holes use specific radio frequencies to track black holes, the same frequencies often used ...

These 6 galaxies are so huge, they’ve been nicknamed ‘universe breakers’ The JWST findings could reshape what was thought to be settled science. Laura Baisas Feb 22, 2023 11:00 AM EST ...

The second problem is that there are so many galaxies that we can only make estimates of the total number based on what we can observe in small regions of the universe. "You look at a small patch ...

With their winding and buff arms made up of billions of stars, spiral galaxies offer some of the beautiful images of the universe. Our own Milky Way galaxy is a spiral galaxy, yet these types of ...