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The spiral galaxy may look calm, but it is a rather dynamic system characterized by stellar evolution, among other things.

A developing galaxy cluster dating to about 1 billion years after the Big Bang is shown in this handout image released on January 28, 2026. The white box marks the field of view of the Chandra X-ray ...

European astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe ...

Wellesley, Massachusetts — Stunning new photographs by a Wellesley College-led team of astronomers have revealed a newly forming galaxy that looks remarkably similar to a young Milky Way. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has studied the puzzling Herbig-Haro object 49/50, created by a nearby forming star. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI On the back end of a telescope, looks can be ...

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If you’ve ever been to a place with minimal light pollution and looked skywards at nighttime, you’ve probably seen our Milky Way galaxy. It manifests as a thick, hazy band of stars streaking across ...

A nearby active galaxy called VV 340a offers a dramatic look at how a supermassive black hole can reshape its entire host. Astronomers observed a relatively weak but restless jet blasting outward from ...