Hubble's sharp resolution allows observers to pore over the galaxy's details, showing that it has traits of both spiral and elliptical galaxies. Its core appears unusually smooth and gas-poor, traits ...

Picture a galaxy, with its shining stars and space dust. What does it look like in your mind? Chances are, it’s a swirling circle of galactic energy. A galaxy is often described as one of a few ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The Hubble Space Telescope revisited the nearly edge-on Sombrero Galaxy ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. Most galaxies are carried outward with the flow ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

An Einstein ring! What at first appears to be a single, strangely shaped galaxy is actually two galaxies that are separated by a large distance. Look at the image above. What do you see? An oval ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a stunning new view of the distant Universe, observing a massive galaxy cluster that not only holds galaxi.

Most of the universe is slipping away from the Milky Way, carried outward as space itself expands. Yet one giant neighbor is bucking the trend, racing straight at us while almost every other major ...