The NSF NOIRLab-operated Gemini North telescope captured stunning imagery of galaxies UGC 12914 and UGC 12915, aka 'Taffy Galaxies.' Their 'twisted appearance is the result of a head-on collision' ...

What: New analyses using early observations from the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission examine how galaxy mergers trigger active galactic nuclei (AGN), luminou ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered galaxies colliding in the early universe, revealing that cosmic structures are far more complicated than astronomers once ...

This idea is called the big bang model—which is an unfortunate name because it brings to mind a cosmos expanding like an ...

You might think galaxies can’t ever find each other in our runaway cosmos, but it turns out gravity can sometimes overcome ...

Discover seven unusual galaxies defying scientific predictions, from impossibly bright early universe objects to astrophysics ...

Astronomers have spotted an unexpected and dramatic event in the early universe: a tightly packed collision involving at ...

A surprising new set of objects in space with mismatched parts has been discovered by University of Missouri astronomers, ...

Because it takes time for light to travel large distances, the quintet's collision in the far-off reaches of space happened when the universe was just 800 million years old. Such a five-way merger ...

Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the researchers identified an ongoing merger event of at least ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

Astronomers detected radio waves from a rare exploding star, revealing what happens in the final years before a massive star ...