Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed an elliptical galaxy known as ...

On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon Marius. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Andromeda ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided some of the most beautiful visuals of the cosmos over the years, and this year was no ...

Observations of the galaxy carried out by the Hubble Space Telescope confirmed the presence of two nuclei separated by a ...

Astronomers and cosmologists aren’t known for being incredible at adjectives. Take the Very Large Telescope, or the European Extremely Large Telescope, or even the big bang. But they weren’t wrong ...

Gas cloud collisions during galaxy mergers compress interstellar material, triggering new star formation, as observed in interacting systems studied by NASA and reported by Universe Today.

Astronomers from Cardiff University, UK, have employed the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is examining a newly discovered cloud of gas and dark matter that may represent a ...

Hubble reveals a chaotic spiral galaxy whose close encounter with a neighbor has ignited a spectacular burst of star birth.

Astronomers and scientists love Betelgeuse because it shines so brightly. While most stars appear as tiny points of light, ...

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

Hubble unveils the “Lost Galaxy” as a vibrant spiral alive with newborn stars and glowing clouds of cosmic energy.