An international team of astronomers has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—each nearly as massive as the Milky Way—already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. The ...

The discovery included 30,000 examples of the rarest known galaxy shape. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Citizen scientists and ...

Another batch of the ‘impossible’ galaxies turned out not to be standard galaxies at all, but a new type of object that ...

Scientists are peering into the past and uncovering new clues about the early universe. Since light takes a long time to travel through space, they are now able to see how galaxies looked billions of ...

Researchers have now seen the formation of three of the earliest galaxies in the universe, more than 13 billion years ago. The sensational discovery contributes important knowledge about the universe.

Down the line, this could tell us something about dark matter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered two ...

The Euclid space telescope team has released its first science images. They show sparkling clusters of galaxies, an astonishingly sharp image of a nearby spiral galaxy and a colourful cloud of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Sanjaya Paudel et al 2024 ApJL / Legacy survey viewer Astronomers have discovered a group ...

A potential polar ring galaxy called NGC 4632. The composite image combines a capture of the galaxy's main disk, taken with the Subaru Telescope, with radio wave data of the hydrogen ring, which has ...

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