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A shockwave caused by the galaxy NGC 7318b slamming into four other galaxies is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter." ...

Webb’s Powerful Mid-Infrared Instrument Resolves Clumpy Nature of Dusty Disk Astronomers are known for their precision, but ...

Our best view yet of the material linking clusters of galaxies may have pinpointed some 20 percent of the universe’s missing ...

Two different space telescopes have looked at the same galaxy, so you can see the difference in how they observe the universe ...

Astronomers have known for a century that the universe is expanding. We can now trace this expansion over much of its almost ...

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Astronomers have discovered three ultra-massive 'Red Monster' galaxies that formed within the first billion years after the ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, astronomers have successfully captured the first detailed image of a star in its final ...