A rare ring of light surrounding a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years away from Earth has been discovered by a space ...

An image from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam ... radiation has blown away the surrounding gas. At the galaxy’s core, a yellow central bulge is composed of older stars, and a weak bar connects ...

This was the birth of our modern universe of galaxies, so poetically celebrated in Seeing in the Dark. Today, astronomers have measured the distance to the Andromeda Galaxy much more precisely ...

The new group, designated CGG-z4, hosts two optically dark star-forming galaxies. The finding was detailed in a research paper published Jan. 9 on the pre-print server arXiv. Galaxy groups are the ...

Euclid, the European Space Agency’s dark Universe detective, has made an astonishing discovery – right in our cosmic backyard ...

This image was captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark ... yellow central bulge. Spanning 50,000 light-years, it showcases a dynamic past likely shaped by a merger with another galaxy.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a ...