Astronomers have discovered that large flows of cold gas created by collisions between galaxies in the early universe may ...

In the constellation Dorado, 49 million light-years from Earth, the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672 has been imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This galaxy displays an amazing variety of ...

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1637 showcases ongoing star formation and the effects of supernovae like SN 1999EM in shaping galactic ...

US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera has captured imagery of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512 and its neighbor ...

highlighting a star in the Andromeda spiral galaxy, radically altered our perceptions of the cosmos by proving the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky Way. This truly “cosmic work”, as the ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen ...

TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. On the sixth day, the formation of a ...

Astronomers have discovered over a thousand photos of asteroids that had been hiding in Hubble images, unnoticed until now.

Want to take a cosmic Rorschach test ... spied last year—a rare formation created by the grazing collision of two spiral galaxies. Galactic sideswipes aren’t unusual, says lead researcher ...

The observations could help astronomers better understand cosmic evolution and how galaxies ... in the newly released collection is the spiral galaxy IC 5332, which can be seen just below.