Latest about galaxies
Black hole jet ejected by supermassive black hole is shaped like a helix
An extraordinary galactic jet ejected from a supermassive black hole boasts a corkscrew-like helical structure, new ground-based telescope views reveal.
This faraway galaxy may be completely devoid of dark matter
On the surface, a galaxy 250 million light-years from Earth seems like any other, but a deeper look reveals a puzzling quirk: It seems to have no dark matter.
Enormous 'shipyard' of ancient galaxies discovered 11 billion light-years away
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a massive protocluster 11 billion light-years away that acts as an assembly yard for over 60 emerging galaxies.
Astronomers spot dark matter creating eerie clones of a distant galaxy
It took more than eight years for the scientists to explain the bizarre finding.
Our Milky Way galaxy isn't very well mixed, study suggests
Our galaxy isn't as thoroughly mixed as scientists sometimes assume, according to a new study.
What is a galaxy?
Learn all about different types of galaxies in the universe and how they came together.
What color is the universe?
Scientists have figured out the average color of the universe by recording visible light from more than 200,000 galaxies.
How many atoms are in the observable universe?
Atoms are the building blocks of all matter in the universe, but how many are there in the part of it we can see from Earth?
