From rare cosmic phenomena like Einstein Rings to dazzling starburst regions in spiral galaxies, each image offers a glimpse ...

Dwarf galaxy D2 is the group's most massive member with a stellar mass of 275 million solar masses, while D4 is the least massive—with a stellar mass of only 14.7 million solar masses.

18, 2024 — Galaxy clusters -- the big cities of the universe -- are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have ... the secrets of dark ... Massive Merger: Study Reveals Evidence for ...

Scientists find dwarf galaxies by using instruments ... galaxies will fall into the parent and merge, and create an even bigger central galaxy." ...

Researchers have found evidence of magnetic fields associated with a disc of gas and dust a few hundred light-years across deep inside a system of two merging galaxies known as Arp220. They say these ...

Abstract: The Local Group is often seen to be a quiescent environment without significant merger events. However, an ancient major merger may have ... and could be responsible for old stellar streams ...

Credit: Sanjaya Paudel et al 2024 ApJL / Legacy survey viewer Astronomers have discovered a group of dwarf galaxies that are ... The newfound galaxy group consists of at least five members in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted five galaxy candidates dating to just 200 million years after the Big Bang, making them the earliest ever detected. And there could be many more.

contributing to the galaxy's size and shape. The ancient spiral could also have formed through the merger of two smaller galaxies, though this seems less likely given its orderly structure ...

TheAtlPhoto is sharing a new image from a space telescope every day until December 25. On the third day, a nearly edge-on ...