Galaxies

Both NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory caught these two galaxies in a close embrace.

The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about how these cities of galaxies form.

Bears, stars, Battlestar Galactica

"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to eventually create a home for us in it."

"Virgil has two personalities, its 'good' side – a typical young galaxy quietly forming stars. But Virgil transforms into the host of a heavily obscured supermassive black hole, pouring out immense quantities of energy."

The European Space Agency and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope recently visited the spiral galaxy NGC 3370

A new study used the James Webb Space Telescope to study how our universe's first galaxies were.

Two galaxies connected by a bridge of hydrogen gas are falling into the Virgo Cluster.

The discovery of a rare runaway galaxy suggests some isolated systems were shaped by past group interactions before being flung into solitude.