This intermediate spiral galaxy spans roughly 65,000 light-years—about half our own galaxy’s width, yet every bit as dynamic. At its core lurks a supermassive black hole weighing between 3 and 10 ...

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have a flat disk, winding spiral arms and ongoing star formation. Ellipticals ...

A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James ...

A groundbreaking discovery has reshaped our perception of how fast galaxies evolved in the early universe. Astronomers have detected oxygen in the light from the galaxy JADES-GS-z14-0, the most ...

Using the wide-field survey capabilities of the Subaru Telescope, astronomers discovered active supermassive black holes, or quasars, in the distant universe and then studied them with the James Webb ...

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This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of a galactic tug of war. Located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, the ...

NASA's powerful James Webb Space telescope has revealed a colorful spread of stars and cosmic dust in the Milky Way's most active star-forming region. The telescope was studying Sagittarius B2, a ...

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NGC 2775 has features of both spiral and elliptical galaxies. Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have a flat disk, ...