At least some evidence suggests that NGC 2775 developed its odd shape after merging with other galaxies eons ago. While not ...

A century-old mystery of how galaxies change shapes has been solved by considering 'survival of the fittest' collisions between cosmic titans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

The clashing galaxies NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) as seen by the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i A 100-year-old mystery surrounding the "shape-shifting" nature of some galaxies has been ...

Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. Located nearly 1 billion light-years from Earth, the galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is a spiral, like our home the Milky Way. Yet it does something galactic ...

NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope have recently released a breathtaking new image of NGC 2835, a spiral galaxy located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. This latest photo, ...

Analyzing data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found a galaxy with a spiral morphology by only 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang. This is the most ...

From a distance, our galaxy would be beautiful, if a bit messy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have used the ...

This image of a spiral galaxy, captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, will be on a new United States Postal Service stamp scheduled to be released to the public Jan. 21. Danny Dale, a ...

"It's survival of the fittest out there." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A 100-year-old mystery surrounding the "shape-shifting" ...