galaxies
An Amazing Deep-Field View of Centaurus A
Sometimes, you just have to say “Wow!” The view you’re looking at above is of Centaurus A (NGC 5128), a…
Early Galaxies Churned Out Stars Like Crazy
Talk about an assembly line! Some early-stage galaxies created stars thousands of times faster than our Milky Way does today, according…
A Mega-Merger of Massive Galaxies Caught in the Act
Even though the spacecraft has exhausted its supply of liquid helium coolant necessary to observe the infrared energy of the…
Hydrogen Clouds Discovered Between Andromeda And Triangulum Galaxies
Score another point for the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in…
NGC 6240: Gigantic Hot Gas Cloud Sheaths Colliding Galaxies
Looking almost like a cosmic hyacinth, this image is anything but a cool, Spring flower... it's a portrait of an…
Entire Galaxies Feel The Heat Of Newborn Stars
If you think that star-formation only has an impact within the confines of a host galaxy, then think again. Thanks…
Fast Working ALMA Resolves Star-Forming Galaxies
In a scenario where millions of years are considered a short period of time, hours are barely a blink of…
Ancient Galaxy ‘Bursting’ with Stars
Most of the early galaxies that astronomers have been able to observe are small with a low-to-moderate amount of star…
Wrapping Around The Mystery Of Spiral Galaxy Arms
How disk galaxies form their spiral arms have been puzzling astrophysicists for almost as long as they have been observing…
How Big Are Galaxies?
I'm going to refrain from the initial response that comes to mind... actually, no I won't -- they're really, really,…