The clashing galaxies NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) as seen by the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i A 100-year-old mystery surrounding the "shape-shifting" nature of some galaxies has been ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Subaru Telescope / National Astronomical Observatory of Japan No, that's not an ...

In research published today, Australian scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the universe. The research, made possible by ...

Astronomers have witnessed a young star, EK Draconis, unleash a powerful, multi-temperature plasma eruption, offering a rare ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has made a significant breakthrough in the field of astronomy by refining the age of the ...

Hubble’s latest image captures a glittering star cluster inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 160,000 light-years from Earth. This region, known as N11, is one of the galaxy’s ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy that's hard to categorize. The galaxy in question is NGC 2775, which lies 67 million light-years away in the constellation Cancer (the Crab ...

After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out hits. In just the last year or so, scientists have used the school bus–sized observatory to confirm the first lone black hole, reveal ...

A century-old mystery of how galaxies change shapes has been solved by considering 'survival of the fittest' collisions between cosmic titans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

No, that's not an interstellar bull's-eye. This remarkable image, captured by Japan's Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii ...