Jul 7, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Abell 209 is a massive galaxy cluster located about 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. This Hubble image shows Abell 209, a galaxy...

Jul 3, 2025 by News Staff

As part of the CRISTAL (CII Resolved ISM in STar-forming galaxies with ALMA) survey, astronomers peered back to when the Universe was only about one billion...

Jul 1, 2025 by News Staff

Using the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a stunning infrared image of central...

Jun 27, 2025 by News Staff

Present-day disk galaxies often exhibit distinct thin and thick disks. The formation mechanisms of the two disks and the timing of their onset remain open...

Jun 27, 2025 by News Staff

Using data from several space- and ground-based telescopes, NASA astronomers have captured a stunning new image of the Andromeda galaxy, which is the closest...

Jun 23, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shot this image of UGC 11397, a barred spiral galaxy that is hosting an actively growing supermassive black hole. This...

Jun 18, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed the active starburst (star-forming)...

Jun 17, 2025 by News Staff

In a new paper published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astronomers from the University of Leicester describe for the first...

Jun 16, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers have used Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) to show that more than three-quarters of the Universe’s ordinary matter has been hiding in the thin gas...

Jun 16, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced an outstanding new image of the dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 4449. This Hubble image...

Jun 11, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers have discovered the largest known cloud of energetic particles surrounding a galaxy cluster — the 20-million-light-year-wide cloud around...

Jun 10, 2025 by Natali Anderson

Using the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument aboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a new image of the Sombrero...

Jun 9, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of IC 758, a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Ursa Major. This Hubble...

Jun 3, 2025 by News Staff

It is commonly believed that our own Milky Way Galaxy is on a collision course with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy. As a result of their merger, predicted...

Jun 2, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

NGC 685 is rich in star-forming nebulae, seen as glowing pink clouds in the new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubble image shows...

May 27, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured a remarkable new image of the galaxy cluster Abell S1063. This Webb image shows...

May 26, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of the face-on barred spiral galaxy NGC 3507. This Hubble image...

May 21, 2025 by News Staff

Intense radiation from a quasar in one of these galaxies alters the gas properties in the other galaxy and dampens its ability to form new stars, according...

May 19, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Hubble team has produced a spectacular new image of the intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 3511. This Hubble image shows NGC 3511, an intermediate spiral...

May 12, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a stunning image of a spectacular part of a nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud,...