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Distorted galaxy whizzes through crowded cluster in new Hubble Telescope image
By Samantha Mathewson published
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the galaxy IC 3225 with a comet-like tail of gas streaming from its central disk as it moves through the Virgo Cluster.
Massive, bustling Perseus galaxy cluster dazzles in new telescope image
By Keith Cooper published
Deep in the heart of the massive Perseus cluster, giant galaxies stir, stars are torn from their homes and hot gas radiates at more than 1 million degrees Celsius.
The Milky Way's 2 biggest satellite galaxies are oddly lonely, study finds
By Keith Cooper published
The Milky Way's system of small, orbiting satellite galaxies is quite unusual, a new 12-year study of other galaxies in the local universe has found.
Record-breaking Milky Way map showcases 1.5 billion objects: 'We have changed the view of our galaxy forever'
By Robert Lea published
A 13-year survey conducted by the VISTA telescope has resulted in the creation of the most detailed Milky Way map ever. It contains a stunning 1.5 billion objects.
Gas and stars 'stolen' from galaxy in striking European Southern Observatory photo and video
By Samantha Mathewson published
A galaxy is robbed of its gas and stars in a new image from the European Southern Observatory.
The biggest galaxies live in our universe's supercluster 'cities'
By Monisha Ravisetti published
Machine learning algorithms analyzed millions of galaxies to reveal where the biggest ones are.
Hubble telescope spies a sparkling 'cosmic fossil' 3 million light-years away (image)
By Samantha Mathewson published
Located about 3 million light-years from Earth, the Tucana Dwarf galaxy sits at the far edge of the Local Group of galaxies and is home to aging stars that may hold clues from the early universe.
Will our galaxy really collide with Andromeda? Maybe not
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A new simulation suggests the possible head-on collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy comes down to a coin flip.
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