Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

See amazing views of colliding galaxies NGC 520 and barred galaxy IC 4212 in imagery from the Siena Galaxy Atlas. Credit: ...

Astronomers utilizing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a new class of galaxies that defy traditional cosmic categorization. This unexpected discovery, highlighted in a recent ...

The neural network approach uses multiple or “deep” layers that learn to identify increasingly complex features in data. The ...

MeerKAT radio telescope discovers 49 hidden galaxies in less than three hours, revealing how much of the nearby universe ...

An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic evolution.

While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...

Astronomers have identified a nearby galaxy whose central activity seems to be changing its long-term future. This galaxy, VV 340a, contains a superma.

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of ...

PHOENIX —Thousands of newly spotted galaxies are dressed for a Victorian ball: in hoop skirts. The cache of “polar structure galaxies” — with large starry or dusty structures oriented perpendicular to ...