MeerKAT hydroxyl megamaser reveals a record signal from 8 billion light-years away, magnified by lensing in a merging galaxy.

Black holes in a pair of merging galaxies, known as UGC4211, are devouring gas and dust that is "being displaced by the ...

Galaxies carry the imprints of past encounters. When they pass near one another or collide, gravity pulls their stars into ...

Astronomers detect a laser-like signal coming from colliding galaxies 8 billion light-years away. A cosmic mystery.

After years of investments, African telescopes are emerging as global leaders in frontier astronomy. From South Africa’s MeerKAT capturing the universe’s most distant gigamaser to Ghana’s radio ...

Scientists believe this long stream of gas may have formed when several galaxies collided millions of years ago.

Despite years of debate and follow-up studies, an odd streak of cosmic light still defies a final explanation. Is it a giant ...

Most of the universe is not made of stars, galaxies, or beautiful glowing nebulae. Instead, the majority of it is what seems to be vast, silent emptiness. Huge cosmic voids stretching ...

Neutron star collision in merging galaxies reveals how cosmic destruction forges heavy elements like gold, offering clues to the universe's chemical evolution.

Gold and platinum are found in space, created when two stars collide. Astrophysicists can even trace this process further back, to the merger of galaxies.

A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an international team of ...

A recently detected flash of energy appears to have emanated from the wreckage of colliding galaxies, according to an ...