For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

Galaxy classification has long been based on their visible appearance, creating well-defined categories. Spiral galaxies like our Milky Way display a flat disk structure with characteristic ...

Among a "field of galaxies;" the James Webb Space Telescope captured spiral galaxy LEDA 2046648, a billion light-years from ...

In addition to the double ring, the program found two other examples. In RAD J122622.6+640622, astronomers saw a galaxy nearly 3 million light-years across. One of the jets shooting out of its core ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that ...

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

Scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the unusual star-forming timeline of dwarf galaxy Leo P. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Kristen McQuinn Most small galaxies that stopped making new ...

What is the biggest object in the universe? Learn more about the biggest objects in the universe, including galaxies, galaxy ...

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have ...

A Hubble Space Telescope study takes a close look at the dwarf galaxies surrounding Andromeda. Credit: NASA / ESA / J. Dalcanton / B.F. Williams / L.C. Johnson / PHAT team / R. Gendler Surrounding the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered dazzling newborn stars and thick cosmic dust in Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way's ...

Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...