Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming ...

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

Hubble Finds a 'Failed Galaxy' 14 Million Light-Years Away Ruled by Dark Matter ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

Astronomers spotted nine galaxies with characteristics that have never been seen as a collection before. It's possible this ...

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month brings us a scene from the distant universe. Pictured here is the galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, or MACS J1149 for short, which is ...

A nearby galaxy has been caught draining itself of star-forming fuel, with vast streams of superheated material twisting away ...

Astronomers believe this barred spiral galaxy could be the oldest example of its kind ever observed. Research led by Daniel ...

MeerKAT radio telescope discovers 49 hidden galaxies in less than three hours, revealing how much of the nearby universe ...

New paper led by UC Santa Cruz undergraduate suggests that long-dormant galaxies deemed to be dead may actually be stunted by the dynamics of supermassive black holes at their center ...

The study of galaxies and their star formation processes remains a cornerstone of modern astrophysics. Galaxies are the fundamental building blocks of the Universe, each hosting a complex interplay of ...

A nearby galaxy is being slowly suffocated from the inside out. At its core, a supermassive black hole is firing a lopsided, ...