When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An example of a jellyfish galaxy with blue "tentacles" below it where stars are forming.

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Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher captured a striking image of the Knife Edge Galaxy (NGC 5907) during May under a near-full moon from his backyard observatory near the city of Guelph in Canada. The ...

UGC 10214, also known as the Tadpole Galaxy, is a barred spiral galaxy exhibiting a 280,000 light-year long tidal tail indicative of galactic interaction. Observation of the Tadpole Galaxy (magnitude ...

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Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher captured a haunting vista in July earlier this year, in which several deep-sky objects take on the collective appearance of a colossal cosmic shark hunting in the ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a dramatic cosmic event: two galaxies engaged in a high-speed collision, aptly dubbed a "cosmic joust." This celestial spectacle, occurring over 11 ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed yet another marvel from deep in outer space. A galaxy named MoM-z14 has taken the title of most distant galaxy the telescope has captured. It is a ...

ASKAP J1832-0911 is a long-period radio transient (LPT) object, which emits radio waves in periods of tens of minutes. But it is also the first LPT known to emit X-rays. This mysterious object could ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Black holes usually form from stars that burn out and collapse in on themselves, but that cannot explain the red spark of light that could be a ...

The Helix Galaxy is a rare type of galaxy. It has a ring of material perpendicular to its main body. A supermassive black hole powers its active core. It's located 42 million light-years away in Ursa ...