The Chandra X-ray Observatory view of galaxy group NGC 4839 has revealed that it is "plunging into the Coma galaxy cluster and leaving behind an extraordinary tail of superheated gas," according to ...

A compilation of various images from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the effects of gravitational lensing caused by dark ...

NASA's SPHEREx is exploring the galaxies to answer the question of where we all come from while sending back jaw-dropping ...

Lang (Perimeter Institute) A vast river of neutral hydrogen bridges two galaxies that are beginning to enter the monstrous Virgo Cluster, and this structure is helping astronomers better understand ...

A dazzling new image produced using both the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed one of the most detailed views of the universe to date, NASA has announced. Created ...

The object was detected by observing how its gravity distorts light behind it. Astronomers have discovered an extremely faint ...

The discovery of the most distant galaxy cluster with a specific important trait – as described in our press release – is providing insight into how these gigantic structures formed and why the ...

The history of how stars and galaxies came to be and evolved into the present day remains among the most challenging astrophysical questions to solve yet, but new research brings us closer to ...

The galaxy cluster PLCKG 287.0+32.9, located 5 billion light-years away, exhibits an exceptionally violent collision of three subclusters, characterized by extensive turbulence and shock waves.

Spring has sprung — and for lovers of deep-sky objects, that means it’s galaxy season. This is a time of the year when that pesky, band of glowing stars and shadowy dust that we call the Milky Way is ...

The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes. The cluster is located about 10.2 billion light ...

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