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The dusty center of the Milky Way as it appears today.

How did the Milky Way form?

By Paul Sutter published

Our 13 billion-year-old galaxy has gone through many growing pains — usually to the detriment of its smaller neighbors.

Space
A composite image showing the 58 galaxies clustered together in the "zone of avoidance" behind the Milky Way.

Scientists discover massive 'extragalactic structure' behind the Milky Way

By Brandon Specktor published

An uncharted region of space known as the "zone of avoidance" lurks behind the Milky Way's center – and astronomers just found an enormous, multi-galaxy structure there.

Space
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Aliens May Well Exist in a Parallel Universe, New Studies Find

By Brandon Specktor last updated

Could alien life be hiding in the multiverse? New studies say, "sure!"

Extraterrestrial Life
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Search is on for Hot Young Stars

By Tiare Devenot last updated

An astronomer uses gamma ray bursts to shine a light on outer space.

Astronomy
A composite image of the Cartwheel Galaxy and two smaller companion galaxies.

James Webb telescope snaps mesmerizing image of Cartwheel Galaxy

By Patrick Pester last updated

The Cartwheel Galaxy shines in never-before-seen detail in the latest James Webb Space Telescope composite image, revealing a violent past.

Space Exploration
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail.

Webb space telescope has just imaged another most-distant galaxy, breaking its record after a week

By Ben Turner published

The new record happened by accident.

Cosmology
Artist’s impression of newly discovered extra-galactic pulsar, PSR J0523-7125, within the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Distant 'galaxy' isn't a galaxy at all — but one of the brightest pulsars ever detected

By Brandon Specktor published

The pulsar PSR J0523−7125 is so bright that astronomers thought it was a distant galaxy.

Cosmology
VV689 collision

Cosmic 'angel wings' emerge from violent galactic collision in Leo constellation

By Scott Dutfield published

Hubble telescope snaps images of an 'angel's wings' in the constellation Leo

Cosmology
The galaxy candidate HD1.

Astronomers just discovered the farthest object in the known universe — but what is it?

By Jeanna Bryner published

The possible galaxy, located 13.5 billion light-years from Earth, has broken the record for farthest astronomical object ever seen.

Cosmology
The northern shock wave (or "radio relic") glows in radio wavelengths as electrons blast through insterstellar space.

Largest shock wave in the universe is '60 times larger than the Milky Way,' new study finds

By Brandon Specktor published

Astronomers captured detailed images of the largest shock wave in the known universe, emitting from the merging galaxy cluster Abell 3667

Cosmology
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