Rare ultra-faint dwarf galaxies beyond the influence of other galaxies show evidence that star formation was stifled long ago ...

For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical ...

This rare quasar with spiral arms could help astronomers understand how supermassive black holes feed and grow.

Grand-design spiral galaxies are characterized by their well-defined and symmetrical ... corresponding to a time when the Universe was less than a billion years old. This measurement is crucial for ...

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But new FRB is pinpointed to the outskirts of 11.3-billion-year-old galaxy without young ... the edge of Messier 81 (M81), a grand design spiral galaxy located about 12 million light years ...

Most of the quasars astronomers have detected are old, the product of multiple ... I had made an error," said Achenbach. This galaxy still has the spiral arms of a younger galaxy, which could ...

On a clear night with dark skies, you can catch a glimpse of the Milky Way, a luminous arc stretching across the horizon. To the unaided eye, its translucent clouds are simply beautiful splashes ...

Astronomers tracking mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) stumbled upon an unexpected cosmic puzzle. A burst was detected from ...

Spiral galaxies often have roughly spherical halos, composed of gas, dust, old stars, star clusters, and dark matter—invisible material that does not emit or reflect light but still has a ...