The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its ...

See how elliptical galaxies in the distant universe were born, as new research gives astronomers a closer look at galactic ...

The discovery of the birth sites of giant, elliptical galaxies comes from analyzing data from the Atacama Large ...

Scientists say the discovery will help to understand one of the biggest questions in astronomy: how do galaxies evolve?

“Prior to the launch of James Webb, we thought we would find really, really far away galaxies,” Gibson said. “But we thought that closer to us, we already had a pretty good understanding of all the ...

NGC 4694 is a galaxy that cannot be easily classified into one of the two basic galaxy types: spiral and elliptical. Astronomers needed to examine its properties in detail to find its exact ...

Car crashes produce loud booms, but it is nothing compared to the shockwaves when two galaxies collide. That’s precisely what ...

The three “Red Monsters,” captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, are extremely massive, dusty galaxies formed in the first billion years after the Big Bang. (Credits: NASA/CSA/ESA, M. Xiao & P. A ...

However, comparing these two distinct galaxy types may not be entirely fair, given that even typical UDGs typically have only 1% as many stars as our home galaxy. The discovery of Nube has sparked ...