"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden ...

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Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has a habit of showing familiar objects in a new light. With cameras sensitive to a ...

Astronomers assumed our galaxy was a ­spiral too. In the 1950s, radio telescopes ­produced the first crude maps of the Milky Way’s spiral arms by tracking how gas clouds moved around the galaxy. The ...

In the vast darkness of the early universe, a spiral of light named Zhúlóng offers a new glimpse into cosmic history. This galaxy, shaped like our Milky Way, formed just a billion years after the Big ...

LARAMIE – Unless one is a scientist or a teacher of the sciences, it would be understandable if a person may not be familiar with spiral galaxies. Danny Dale, a professor of physics and astronomy and ...

Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a magnificent view of the Triangulum spiral galaxy bursting with the light of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope found a surprisingly large galaxy, nicknamed "The Big Wheel," in the early universe. This galaxy formed much faster than current theories predict, challenging our ...

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The image of Zhúlóng shows its spiral arms, an old central bulge and a large star-forming disc, which resembles the Milky Way. An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has ...