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It Turns Out Tiny Galaxies Made the Universe Visible

Dwarf galaxies packed a surprisingly energetic punch in the early universe — and gave us all a helluva view.

ByKiona Smith
Star Power

Look: Stunning images show baby stars in nearby galaxies

The composites could help researchers better understand how stars are formed.

ByJennifer Walter
Galaxy brain

New radio telescope images show off wild galaxies

ByJoAnna Wendel
Science

Look: Ghostly, mysterious galaxies help unlock the secrets of dark matter

These "failed Milky Ways" explain weird galaxy births.

ByJennifer Walter
Science

Galaxies collide in stunning new Webb Telescope image

Webb's instruments shed new light on the merger between two galaxies and a brilliant burst of star formation.

ByKiona Smith
astronomical humblebrag

Webb captures 13.5 billion-year-old galaxies in a swath of northern sky

The data will help astronomers understand how the universe's oldest galaxies formed.

ByKiona Smith
Science

Beware! Dramatic image of spiral galaxies previews the future fate of the Milky Way

This could be us, but you’re taking the picture 5 billion years too early.

ByKiona Smith
Space

Hubble Just Captured One of the Universe's Most Puzzling Galaxies

Behold galaxy NGC 7292, an irregular galaxy in the constellation Pegasus shining faintly.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

The Hubble Telescope Just Captured Two Galaxies Colliding Into Each Other

The venerable space telescope is seeking out the weirdest, messiest galaxies in the universe.

ByKiona Smith
Space

Webb Telescope Just Uncovered Two of the Universe's Oldest-Known Galaxies

Detected amidst 60,000 points of light, these ancient galaxies provide clues about early galaxy formation.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

Webb Telescope may have just discovered the oldest known galaxies

NASA and the European Space Agency have announced the sighting of two ancient galaxies.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

Hubble finds a wall of hot plasma acting like a shield for two nearby galaxies

Gas heated to half a million degrees protects two small galaxies.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

Webb Telescope Reveals An Ancient Universe Packed with Oddly-Bright Galaxies, Puzzling Astronomers

Astronomers are seeing the cosmos as it once was.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Science

These galaxies have no dark matter — and astronomers may finally know why

A galaxy 65 million light years away holds secrets to an ancient traffic jam, which may have kicked out dark matter in the process.

ByCharles Q. Choi
Rivalry

Hubble captures 3 galaxies caught in a gravitational tug of war

A new image hints at the cosmic fate of the Milky Way.

ByPassant Rabie
Space

Look! Webb Telescope Captured Stunning Portraits Of 19 Spiral Galaxies

Take breaks to avoid dizziness.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

‘Overmassive’ Black Holes Dominated Early Galaxies, Study Finds

And you thought Sagittarius A* was big.

ByKiona Smith
Space

These Seven Galaxies Snuggled Together Is the Birthplace of the Most Powerful Fast Radio Burst

This septet is unlike any other known FRB origin site.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Space

Messy Plasma Streams Could Explain How Supermassive Black Holes Influence Galaxies

The hungriest black holes and the slowest eaters still emit the same afterglow, and that could be a huge clue to their relationship with their host galaxies.

ByKiona Smith
Space

Two Newly Discovered Galaxies Appear Bedazzled With Glittering Rings Of Gas

Somebody must have liked spiral galaxies NGC 4632 and NGC 6156.

ByKiona Smith
Space

Webb Image Reveals Numerous Galaxies Strung in a Line Along the Ancient Cosmic Web

The James Webb Space Telescope just found one of the cosmic web’s ancient strands.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
space

Webb Telescope Finds Bright, Massive Stars in Hundreds of the Oldest Galaxies Ever Seen

The age of darkness is over. The Epoch of Reionization has come.

ByKiona Smith
space

Look! New Hubble Image Shows Galaxies in a Gravitational Dance

Someday, these two galaxies may merge, and two supermassive black holes will become one.

ByKiona Smith
Space

An Astronomer Just Found Three Dwarf Galaxies That a Computer Missed

Sometimes humans are better at astronomy than computers.

ByKiona Smith
Science

An iconic nearby astronomical object has been stealing stars from other galaxies

The researchers behind this work identified a population of globulars in Andromeda’s inner halo that all have the same metallicity.

ByEvan Gough and Universe Today
How peculiar

Look! Hubble could help uncover how “peculiar galaxies” formed

These peculiar galaxies have a lot to teach us.

ByRobin Bea
death spiral

Look! Black hole pair glows at the center of a dusty galactic merger

NGC 7727 will someday merge with a nearby galaxy — and intertwine their black holes in the process.

ByJennifer Walter
Science

Largest-yet image from the Webb Telescope reveals new stunning galaxies

The newly-processed images are replete with galaxies near and far.

ByJeff Nagle
Science

How do galaxies get their shape? The science of key Webb Telescope targets, explained

There are many types of galaxies. But their shape depends on formation history.

ByElizabeth Howell
Science

Galaxy Cluster Abell 1351 shows off its gravitational lens

It’s nature’s giant telescope.

ByKiona Smith