The distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravitational acceleration in all common types of galaxies, a team led by Case Western Reserve University researchers reports. The team has shown ...

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

The vastness of space allows for a huge variety of structures to pop up all over the place. Even things we think of as one-and-done objects—like galaxies—come in quite a few shapes and sizes. Follow ...

In research published today, Australian scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the universe. The research, made possible by ...

In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday released the data behind the largest map of the universe. Called the COSMOS-Web field, the project, built ...

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A collection of Ultra-red Fattened Objects (UFOs) as seen by the James Webb Space Teescope. In a new study, a team of astrophysicists led by the University of Colorado Boulder has set out to unravel ...

New radio observations of molecular gas reveal how dozens of galaxies could have rapidly merged together in the early ...