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James Webb telescope uncovers mysterious Milky Way 'twin' in the early universe
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A Milky Way doppleganger discovered in the early universe suggests some key physical ingredient is missing from cosmological models.

The oldest continents in the Milky Way may be 5 billion years older than Earth's
By Briley Lewis published
Several exoplanets at the edge of our galaxy could have formed continents — and advanced life — 5 billion years earlier than Earth, new research suggests.

Space photo of the week: Warped 'hummingbird galaxy' guards a cosmic egg
By Jamie Carter published
Hubble's image of two colliding galaxies, known as Arp 142, show how a small galaxy's gravity has shredded a once-large spiral into a birdlike figure.

Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a spectacular galaxy crash
By Jamie Carter published
Arp 107 hosts a special spiraling 'Seyfert' galaxy connected to a smaller galaxy by a 'bridge' of dust and gas.

James Webb telescope spots thousands of Milky Way lookalikes that 'shouldn't exist' swarming across the early universe
By Ben Turner published
Thousands of disk galaxies like our own Milky Way were spotted in the early universe, where they shouldn't exist.

An ancient, ravenous black hole has been hiding an 11-billion-year-old galaxy in its glare
By Robert Lea published
A team of astronomers has used a tricky technique to study an ancient galaxy previously lost in the glare of a blazing quasar.

'Grand cosmic fireworks': See the stunning winners of the 2023 astronomy photo of the year contest
By Josh Dinner published
The winning images from the Royal Observatory Greenwich's 15th annual astrophotography contest will blow you away.

Our entire galaxy is warping, and a gigantic blob of dark matter could be to blame
By Ben Turner published
An invisible halo of misaligned dark matter could explain the warps at the Milky Way's edges.
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