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

An extreme protocluster gathering of infant galaxies is hiding a vast cosmic fuel tank that is powering 400 million years of ...

Astronomers have found more ORCs in the years since those initial discoveries, and some of them also appear to have a galaxy ...

The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which was ...

Astronomers are applying new image-processing techniques to previously released Hubble observations in honor of the space ...

Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung ...

smaller red stars remain. A particularly high fraction of quiescent galaxies is found among massive galaxies, which are often observed to have elliptical morphologies. It normally takes a long time to ...

A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the charming Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the ...

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 ...

Though packed with stars, the Sombrero Galaxy is surprisingly ... like our own Milky Way, or an elliptical galaxy. Curiously, the galaxy's disk seems like a fairly typical disk for a spiral ...

Though visually dynamic, it shows minimal star formation and hosts a massive but dormant black hole. The galaxy's unique hybrid structure—featuring traits of both spiral and elliptical ...