By analyzing the available observational data, astronomers from the Tribhuvan University in Nepal and elsewhere have ...

Looking for a really big story, I naturally headed for "Galaxies in Collision." Bradley Whitmore of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore brought us up to speed. We've known for a ...

Dwarf galaxies are the most abundant type of galaxy that populate the universe. Composed of 100 times fewer stars than the Milky Way, or even less, they are the building blocks of more massive ...

It may have become a giant elliptical galaxy, an egg-shaped collection of trillions of stars. When multiple large galactic mergers occur, this type of galaxy usually forms as a result.

like the Virgo cluster which contains our galaxy and its local group, are large, gravitationally bound structures dominated by mature elliptical galaxies with little star formation. In ...

A whole universe of hidden galaxies ... dwarf galaxies. Her group used a semi-automated approach to scan the data and compiled a catalogue of candidates. Of those galaxies, 58% were elliptical ...

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy about 200,000 light-years from the solar system, can be seen with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

A perfect cosmic circle captured by Webb shows a distant spiral galaxy bent around a closer elliptical one. This Einstein ring offers a glimpse into the warped nature of space and time. Credit: ...

Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. Located nearly 1 billion light-years from Earth, the galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 ...