This infrared view offers the clearest look yet at how dwarf galaxies merge, evolve, trade gas and ignite waves of new stars.

A baby galaxy is throwing one heck of a tantrum, and it's shaking up our understanding of the earliest galaxies.

An undated image from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope shows an outflow from a nearby still-forming star in infrared light, with a spiral galaxy off in the distance. (NASA via AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

Once considered to be the largest-known spiral galaxy, NGC 6872 was later dethroned by NGC 262, which measures 1.3 million light-years in diameter. The spiral galaxy's unusual size and appearance is ...

Indian astronomers have identified a surprisingly mature, Milky Way-like galaxy from the universe’s early era. Named ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light-years away, ...

A new galaxy that shouldn't exist has been discovered hiding in plain sight in images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The galaxy is a dwarf galaxy, named PEARLSDG, which was spotted as ...

When the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a photo of the Sombrero Galaxy 20 years ago, it resembled a hat, with a brim and glowing crown. But astronomers may have to rename it the visor galaxy. In a new ...

The gruesome palette of these galaxies is owed to a mix of mid-infrared light from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, and visible and ultraviolet light from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its classification. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

LEDA 1313424, aptly nicknamed the Bullseye, is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings — six more than any other known galaxy. High-resolution imagery from NASA’s Hubble ...