The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of interacting galaxies Arp 142. Arp 142 consists of a distorted ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope show that ancient galaxies lived fast and died young because of intense, ...

An intense demolition derby of at least six galaxies smashing into one another has been found lurking in the early universe ...

It is as humbling as it is motivating to think about how much we still have to learn about the universe. My collaborators and I have just tackled one of astrophysics’ enduring mysteries: how massive ...

Far beyond the Milky Way, vast collections of galaxies continue to drift, gather and occasionally collide. One such region ...

The vastness of space allows for a huge variety of structures to pop up all over the place. Even things we think of as one-and-done objects—like galaxies—come in quite a few shapes and sizes. You’ll ...

SANTA CRUZ, CA — According to the prevailing “cold dark matter” theory of the evolution of the universe, every galaxy is surrounded by a halo of dark matter that can only be detected indirectly by ...

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy cluster called CL0016+1609, or MACS J0018.5+1626, that is very ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy—an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with much ...

Webb and Hubble sink deep into the dazzling Whirlpool Galaxy — Space photo of the week Hubble revisits stunning Trifid Nebula after 30 years, and spots a growing jet of energy — Space photo of the ...