galaxies
JWST Sees the Most Distant Galaxy Ever, Just 300 Million Years After the Big Bang
By now, almost everyone has seen the first-release images from JWST and marveled at these amazing views of the infrared…
The Earliest Galaxies Rotated Slowly, Revving up Over Billions of Years
A team of astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to find a slowly-rotating galaxy in the early universe. That galaxy…
Dusty Dark Galaxies in the Early Universe Revealed in Various Wavelengths
Well, this is the week for distant galaxies, isn't it? Not only has JWST revealed some of the most distant…
Plenty of Examples That Giant Galaxies Like the Milky Way Formed Through Mergers
The Universe's giant galaxies pose a thorny problem for astronomers. The galaxies have grown large somehow, and the only things…
This Tiny Dot is one of the Biggest, Most Active Galaxy Superclusters Ever Seen. It Was Already a Monster Shortly After the Big Bang
A newly discovered supercluster of galaxies is so distant that astronomers say its light has been traveling for over twelve…
Andromeda Tore Apart and Consumed a Neighbor Galaxy
Things may seem quiet and peaceful in the Andromeda Galaxy when you gaze at it in the sky. However, if…
Hubble Finds a Bunch of Galaxies That Webb Should Check out
The Universe is full of massive galaxies like ours, but astronomers don't fully understand how they grew and evolved. They…
Hubble Sees Two Spiral Galaxies Together
Two peculiar spiral galaxies are in the latest image release from the Hubble Space Telescope. The two galaxies, collectively known…
Gaze Into the Heart of a Grand Spiral Galaxy
Here’s Hubble doing what Hubble does best. Some of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most famous and stunning images are of…
The Building Blocks for Supermassive Black Holes are Found in Dwarf Galaxies
We all know that a humongous black hole exists at the center of our galaxy. It's called Sagittarius A* (Sgr…