Astronomers combined data from NASA’s JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory to create a stunning new image of two merging spiral ...

Scientists uncover the universe’s most massive object, glowing yellow, blue, and pink at 100 million °C, while a true inferno ...

Distance records are an excellent proxy for the state of the art in astronomy. Finding extremely faraway galaxies is hard. In ...

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

Understanding how galaxies grow has long stood as one of astronomy’s core challenges. Over time, scientists have gathered ...

A mysterious force called Dark Energy might be changing, in a way that challenges our current understanding of the nature of ...

The discovery of an extremely metal-poor galaxy, observed thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope, opens a fissure in the ...

Two barred spiral galaxies, known as NGC 7733 and NGC 7734, are in the process of merging. The lower galaxy has a dusty knot atop its upper arm, which marks a third galactic companion. | Credit: ...

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Another batch of the ‘impossible’ galaxies turned out not to be standard galaxies at all, but a new type of object that ...

Contrary to popular belief, our universe may not be constantly expanding after all. A groundbreaking study by South Korean ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Milky Way is just a speck in a universe filled with an untold number of galaxies. But if we ...