The James Webb Space Telescope’s first picture released to the public showed off thousands of galaxies. At first glance, the pinpoints of light shining in the blackness of space look like little stars ...

In research published today, Australian scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the universe. The research, made possible by ...

An international team of scientists led by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the ...

The Universe is chock-full of oddities: stars that blink in and out without explanation, galaxies that eat one another, black holes gone rogue. It's no surprise that among the billions of galaxies out ...

The distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration in all common types of galaxies, a team led by Case Western Reserve University researchers reports. The team has shown ...

Astronomers have spotted a pair of galaxies in the act of merging 12.8 billion years ago. The characteristics of these galaxies indicate that the merger will form a monster galaxy, one of the ...