The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about ...

Astronomers discovered an extremely hot galaxy cluster in the region that was far hotter and older than current theories ...

Astronomers have spotted a unique cosmic phenomenon: a "relic," which is a primordial building block of a galaxy that never ...

NGC 3596 appears almost perfectly face-on when viewed from Earth, showcasing the galaxy’s neatly wound spiral arms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Astronomers have finally weighed a wandering “rogue” planet, uncovering a Saturn-mass world flung into the galaxy after a ...

An undated image from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope shows an outflow from a nearby still-forming star in infrared light, with a spiral galaxy off in the distance. (NASA via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ...

The Milky Way is not the neat, flat pinwheel many of us learned about in school. Fresh data from precision star maps now show ...

NASA Hubble data show stripped gas surrounding edge-on galaxy NGC 4388 in the Virgo cluster, revealing ionized plumes and structural details from black hole activity and cluster interactions.

This is an artist’s impression of JADES-GS-z14-0, which as of today is the most distant confirmed galaxy. Galaxies in the early Universe tend to be clumpy and irregular. Supernova explosions in this ...

Located around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, the Sombrero Galaxy is instantly recognisable. Viewed nearly edge on, the galaxy’s softly luminous bulge and sharply outlined ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The Hubble Space Telescope revisited the nearly edge-on Sombrero Galaxy ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an awe-inspiring new image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, known formally as Messier 104. The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary ...