Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s rendering of protocluster SPT2349-56 captures clashing galaxies in varied shapes and sizes, with orange gas ripped ...

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. Follow ...

The Subaru Telescope has captured the Elliptical Galaxy NGC 7458. Such galaxies have a smooth appearance, and contain old, ...

Galaxy season is upon us - the time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere when Earth's nightside faces out of the plane of the Milky Way towards constellations like Leo, Virgo, Coma Berenices, and ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a stunning image of the Antennae Galaxies, currently in the process of merging into a single elliptical galaxy.

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 ...

A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system. It contains stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust, and a ...

A telescope in Chile has caught a spectacular new view of a peculiar galaxy with a monster black hole at its heart. The new image shows the galaxy Centaurus A, which is a sprawling elliptical galaxy ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Picture a galaxy, with its shining stars and space dust. What does ...

Four galaxies crowd the center of a collapsing structure 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. Each one is churning out stars at a pace that defies comparison with the present-day universe. Around ...