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

A spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies ...

An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a ...

New observations of a pair of colliding spiral galaxies hint at what might be in store for the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy if and when they collide. The findings, described in July in the ...

You’re looking at the cosmic neighborhood of the Milky Way. Travel beyond the dark matter halo into intergalactic space and meet the 59+ dwarf galaxies already orbiting our own. Discover the fate of ...

A galaxy that has remained unchanged for 7 billion years — a rarity in the universe — has been observed by astronomers, offering a glimpse into cosmic history and adding to an enigmatic collection of ...

Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star factories, unlike any found in the Milky Way. The findings provide a rare ...

"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells us how the first galaxies were born and helps us understand how the ...

The data is starting to reveal how galaxies and their black holes evolve. After only one year of operations, the European Space Agency's Euclid mission has begun to unravel the mystery of why galaxies ...