Over 60 hours of light data was used to create this stunning view of the gravitationally bound "Leo Triplet" galaxies.

An international team of astronomers has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—each nearly as massive as the Milky Way—already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. The ...

A major international astronomy study led by an Indian scientist has discovered a massive structure of young galaxies in the ...

The constellation Sculptor is not an easy star pattern to find, but it’s worth the effort because it contains some gorgeous deep-sky objects. Its name comes from French astronomer Nicolas Louis de ...

A 29-year-old Manipuri astrophysicist has discovered an ancient city of galaxies dating back 12.6 billion years. This ...

A large protocluster of galaxies that existed 12.6 billion years ago, first discovered with the Subaru Telescope, has been ...

Illustration of the underlying astrophysical processes that suppress star formation in red geyser galaxies, according to this new study. Galaxy interactions transfer cool gas clouds that fall into ...

Indian researcher Dr. Laishram names a newly discovered galaxy structure after Manipur's Loktak Lake to honor its cultural significance.

PHOENIX —Thousands of newly spotted galaxies are dressed for a Victorian ball: in hoop skirts. The cache of “polar structure galaxies” — with large starry or dusty structures oriented perpendicular to ...

Astronomical observations show that the most massive galaxies in the early universe formed approximately three to four billion years after the Big Bang and stopped producing stars very early in cosmic ...