Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

You might think galaxies can’t ever find each other in our runaway cosmos, but it turns out gravity can sometimes overcome ...

GREENBELT, Md. – An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and the Japanese/U.S. Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). By now, ...

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Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

Two far-away galaxies have been described as “blood-soaked eyes” by NASA after the Hubble and James Webb Space telescopes captured an intriguing video of the two colliding galaxies. NASA says the ...

Astronomers using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified dozens of small galaxies that played a starring role in a cosmic makeover that transformed the early universe into the one ...

NASA and ESA release a Hubble image of NGC 7722 showing dust lanes, rings, and supernova follow-up observations in a lenticular galaxy.

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found new populations of suspected mid-mass black holes in several starburst galaxies, where stars form and explode at an unusually high rate. Although a few of ...

A team of scientists at the University of Missouri has identified a small group of unusual objects in the early universe using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The objects, identified by Haojing Yan ...

NASA astronomers used AI to examine Hubble Legacy Archive data, identifying over 1,300 unusual galaxies and other anomalies, including gravitational lenses and mergers.

NASA often shares breathtaking space pictures that capture the beauty of the universe. The latest NASA picture of the day highlights a fascinating scene from the constellation Pegasus, covering an ...