Hubble has captured a striking new image of NGC 2775, a galaxy that defies easy classification. Blending features of spirals, ...

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have ...

Although this spiral galaxy appears unremarkable from afar, NGC 7456 is bursting with newborn stars and glowing gas, ...

Star formation is a fundamental physical process in our universe. Stars light up the cosmos, and give rise to planets, some ...

M82 has been a popular target for astronomers and their telescopes, due to its high activity. Hubble has observed it many ...

NGC 2775, a galaxy 67 million light-years away, is puzzling astronomers with its mix of traits. The Hubble Space Telescope has released a new Picture of the Week, and this time the spotlight is on a ...

Astronomers have been watching this galaxy pair, NGC 4532 and DDO 137, for years and discovered a "gas bridge" over 185,000 light years long.

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

Since the 1970s, astronomers have predicted that Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, ...

The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.

The Webb telescope detected interstellar dust from a galaxy that was 114,000 light-years from the galactic core, defying ...

New radio astronomy results reveal how galaxies exchange gas with the intergalactic medium – the raw material for stars and ...