The Chandra X-ray Observatory view of galaxy group NGC 4839 has revealed that it is "plunging into the Coma galaxy cluster ...

"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden ...

Like cool pictures of the cosmos? You came to the right place. It's called the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and even though it’s located in Chile, it's funded and operated by the U.S. government. In a ...

The heart of our Galaxy displays a paradox that intrigues astronomers. While this region concentrates immense quantities of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The spiral galaxy, called NGC 3312, lies within a large cluster known as Hydra I, which is ...

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Once considered to be the largest-known spiral galaxy, NGC 6872 was later dethroned by NGC 262, which measures 1.3 million light-years in diameter. The spiral galaxy's unusual size and appearance is ...

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found that the growth of galaxies containing supermassive black holes can be slowed down by a phenomenon referred to as cosmic precipitation.

A massive and rare merging of two galaxies has been spotted in images taken by the Herschel space observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation. Follow-up studies by ...

"The galaxy's center is surrounded by a bright loop known as a resonance ring," the agency wrote in a tweet. "The ring is filled with dazzling clusters of stars and bursts of new star formation." As ...

Mere months after its long-awaited debut, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning to deliver on its promise to rewrite cosmic history. The observatory’s colossal camera — perched atop a mountain in ...

NASA’s Chandra Observatory said Wednesday that it was observing NGC 3081. NGC 3081 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 86 million light-years from the Earth. “The galaxy’s center is surrounded by ...