Latest about galaxies
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope shocks scientists with image of ancient galaxy roaring back to life
The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation.
Scientists share groundbreaking image of the 'cosmic web' connecting 2 galaxies near the dawn of time
After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" connecting two distant galaxies. The discovery opens new windows for understanding how structures form and evolve in the universe.
Scientists discover giant galaxy 32 times bigger than Earth's — and they named it 'trouble'
Scientists have discovered an enormous radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way. They nicknamed it "Inkathazo," or "trouble," as the team struggles to understand the physics behind it.
Something invisible and 'fuzzy' may lurk at the Milky Way's center, new research suggests
The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star made of mysterious "fuzzy" matter.
Space photo of the week: The tilted spiral galaxy that took Hubble 23 years to capture
In this special Hubble image 23 years in the making, the sparkling spiral galaxy UGC 10043 reveals the secrets of its unusually big bulge.
The fabric of the universe is 'lopsided', huge gravitational wave mapping study finds
A new effort to map the rumblings in spacetime caused by enormous black hole collisions paints a surprisingly loud and lopsided picture of the universe.
Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra spot a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' sparkling in the galaxy next door
There's a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' hanging in the Small Magellanic Cloud, the James Webb and Chandra telescopes revealed in a sparkly new image.
Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots a secret star factory in the Sombrero Galaxy
This week, the James Webb Space Telescope zooms in on the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, revealing the first-ever mid-infrared observations of the hat-shaped wonder.
Space photo of the week: Hubble uncovers the true identity of an odd galaxy — and it's not spiral or elliptical
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its classification.
'The bottom line is, I told you so': JWST observations upend standard model of how galaxies form, new study claims
The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of unusually bright and massive galaxies soon after the Big Bang has cast doubt on the standard model of galaxy evolution and bolstered a rival theory for how physics may work on large scales, according to a team of astronomers.
