Latest about Galaxies
Distant 'teenage galaxies' surprise astronomers with unexpected heavy elements
Significant amounts of nickel observed in galaxies only two-to-three billion years after the Big Bang.
These small galaxies were shredded by their larger siblings — but they survived
The rare dwarf galaxies were likely victims of galactic cannibalism.
Star-birthing galaxies can hide supermassive black holes behind walls of dust
Feeding supermassive black holes, hosting objects that power quasars blasting out the most powerful light in the universe, could hide in galaxies behind thick clouds of dust.
Andromeda Galaxy: Facts about our closest galactic neighbor
Reference The Andromeda galaxy is the most distant object in the sky that you can see with your unaided eye. It's also on a collision course with our Milky Way.
New 'galactic atlas' offers stunning details of 400,000 galaxies near the Milky Way
The new Siena Galaxy Atlas is an information gold mine for astronomers and a free gallery of galaxy portraits for the public.
Galactic archeology reveals Milky Way's neighbor Andromeda has a violent past
A new chemical analysis of stars in Andromeda has revealed the galaxy next door had a more chaotic upbringing than the Milky Way, defined by a galactic clash and merger.
The Milky Way is warped, and it might be the work of dark matter
The Milky Way is warped and scientists may finally know why. New research lays the blame for our 'wobbly disked' galaxy on an off-kilter, invisible halo of dark matter.
The Milky Way's 'fountain of youth' is made of forbidden stars and water ice
Astronomers have seen a shocking wealth of young stars and ice water around our galaxy’s supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*.
