Scientists discovered the Andromeda galaxy, known as M31, hundreds of years ago, and around a century ago, we realized that…
Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) are located in the centers of large galaxies like ours. When they're actively feeding, they produce…
Some galaxies experience rapid star formation hundreds or even thousands of times greater than the Milky Way. Astronomers think that…
Look at most spiral or barred spiral galaxies and you will see multiple regions where stars are forming. These star…
How can young galaxies in the early Universe have ancient stars? That's the question a team of astronomers set out…
First looks would tell most observers that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and very young stars have nothing in common. But…
This is probably what the demise of the Hubble Space Telescope was always going to look like: components failing one…
In the years before the JWST's launch, astronomers' efforts to understand the early Universe were stymied by a stubborn obstacle:…
The Milky Way is only as massive as it is because of collisions and mergers with other galaxies. This is…
The Standard Model of particle physics does a good job of explaining the interactions between matter's basic building blocks. But…