The Chandra X-ray Observatory captured imagery of a galaxy that "appears to have pulled in and assimilated all of its former ...

The X‑arithmetic technique offers a powerful new way to map the physics of other galactic structures across the universe and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The spiral galaxy, called NGC 3312, lies within a large cluster known as Hydra I, which is ...

"The galaxy's center is surrounded by a bright loop known as a resonance ring," the agency wrote in a tweet. "The ring is filled with dazzling clusters of stars and bursts of new star formation." As ...

Like cool pictures of the cosmos? You came to the right place. It's called the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and even though it’s located in Chile, it's funded and operated by the U.S. government. In a ...

CHICO — You don’t have to pay millions of dollars, leave Earth and travel thousands of light years to experience the wonders of the universe. In fact, you don’t have to go much farther than your own ...

UCLA astronomers have used the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaii, to make the first accurate measurement of the abundance of oxygen in a distant galaxy. Oxygen, the third-most abundant ...

After years of searching, Yale University astronomers have discovered a window into the early, violent formation of the nuclei of the Universe's monster galaxies. After spotting a potential candidate ...

A newly discovered galaxy spotted by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers is now being considered as potentially the oldest and most distant galaxy ever to be found. In a study ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A galaxy is robbed of its gas and stars in a new image from the European Southern Observatory ...

NASA’s Chandra Observatory said Wednesday that it was observing NGC 3081. NGC 3081 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 86 million light-years from the Earth. “The galaxy’s center is surrounded by ...