The gigantic galaxies we see in the Universe today, including our own Milky Way galaxy, started out far smaller. Mergers…
For a long time, our understanding of the Universe's first galaxies leaned heavily on theory. The light from that age…
The poetic-minded among us like to point out how Nature is a dance. If they're right, then galaxies sometimes form…
Galaxies experience a long strange trip through the cosmic web as they grow and evolve. It turns out that the…
We can't see them directly, but we know they're there. Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) likely dwell at the center of…
Astronomers working with the JWST found a dwarf galaxy they weren't looking for. It's about 98 million years away, has…
Almost every galaxy in the local Universe seems to contain a supermassive black hole. There's a direct relationship between the…
NGC 4753 is a prime example of what happens after a galactic merger. It looks like a twisted mess, with…
If you're fascinated by Nature, these images of spiral galaxies won't help you escape your fascination. These images show incredible…
Talk to anyone about galaxies and it often conjurs up images of spiral or elliptical galaxie. Thanks to a survey…