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Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured. Jellyfish galaxies are named for the long, tentacle-like streams ...

You probably imagine NASA hunting for habitable planets, blue worlds, and earth-like atmospheres. Especially signs of life.

Deep space has just delivered a cosmic riddle that refuses to fit any familiar category. Astronomers using some of the most powerful observatories ever built have identified a vast, dim structure that ...

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New observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope reveal a galaxy with sweeping gaseous ‘tentacles’ in a galaxy cluster at redshift of 1.156, meaning we’re seeing it as it was ...

The Central Molecular Zone, spanning 700 light-years across the heart of the galaxy, contains a majority of the dense gas in the Milky Way. While analyzing this region with the Atacama Large ...

Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured.Jellyfish ...

Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense radiation. Their results show that this radiation dampens the wounded galaxy's ...

10 supernova explosions have been seen brightening the Fireworks Galaxy over the past century. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.