Using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and additional data from the Atacama Pathfinder ...

The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young ...

"I was astonished by the unexpected results because they opened a new view on the first phases of galaxy evolution." ...

Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...

Though tiny, this newfound satellite galaxy around M31 offers big lessons — and questions — about how galaxies evolve.

The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

Learn how ALMA gives astrophysics a front row seat to dynamic forces that shape the galaxy, called space tornadoes.

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

While sifting out signatures of supernova remnants, a high-schooler stumbled upon the afterglow of a dormant black hole. It ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever found. It’s 13.4 billion light-years away from Earth, according to new research.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently captured images of a giant galaxy, nicknamed the Big Wheel, located more than ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive spiral disk galaxy, much larger than expected, in the early universe.