galaxies

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace …

Rubin Observatory’s commissioning camera (ComCam) Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/H. Stockebrand Sometime in May or June, as the southern hemisphere winter sets in …

The white or blueish spots are six images of the same quasar created by the lensing effect of two galaxies, …

Galaxy Messier 82 (M82), also known as the cigar galaxy NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScIAURA); J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. …

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in deep space NASA, APL, SwRI, Serge Brunier (ESO), Marc Postman (STScI), Dan Durda We finally …

JWST images of little red dot galaxies Josephine F.W. Baggen et al. (2024) Strangely bright galaxies spotted by the James …

Astronomers have been spotting strange banana-shaped galaxies and the evidence seems to indicate that filaments of dark matter make them …

When galaxy clusters collided, the dark matter (blue) sailed ahead of the normal matter (orange) W.M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko When …

How do enormous black holes merge? Jurik Peter/Shutterstock Supermassive black holes sometimes merge, but for decades, astrophysicists have not known …

An artist’s impression of the very distant undead galaxy ESO/M. Kornmesser A strange, zombie-like galaxy has been spotted in the …