This striking pair is an elliptical galaxy NGC 541 and an unusual star-forming, irregular dwarf galaxy known as Minkowski’s Object (the bluish object to the lower left of NGC 541). Elliptical galaxies ...

A nearby dwarf galaxy poses an intriguing mystery: How is it able to form brilliant star clusters without the dusty, gas-rich environments found in larger galaxies? The answer, astronomers believe, ...

NASA and the European Space Agency have released an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope of a dwarf irregular galaxy that they admit looked "unexciting" at first glance. However, there's more ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Astronomers from the University of Tokyo and other institutions have utilized the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the distant and ultraviolet-luminous galaxy CEERS2-588, one of the most ...

A newly released image of one of our nearest galactic neighbors, Barnard's Galaxy, also known as NGC 6822, reveals regions of star formation and strange-looking nebulae, such as the bubble visible in ...