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last mo.

Milky Way Absorbed Dwarf Galaxy About 11.8–12 Billion Years Ago

High-precision Hubble ages and Gaia motions of globular star clusters show the collision supplied mass and metals that helped shape the galaxy’s early growth.

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3mo ago

Webb Resolves 16.5 Million Stars in Nearby Starburst Galaxy M82

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3mo ago

Distant Lensed Starburst Identified as Leading Candidate for 2021 IceCube Neutrino

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4mo ago

Webb and Hubble Show Massive Star Clusters Shed Birth Clouds Sooner

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5mo ago

Astronomers Pinpoint the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Edge at 35,000–40,000 Light-Years

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6mo ago

Astronomers Reconstruct NGC 1365’s 12-Billion-Year Past With Extragalactic Archaeology

8 ARTICLES

8mo ago

JWST and ALMA Reveal Early Massive Galaxy Quenched by Black Hole Starvation

10 ARTICLES

9mo ago

Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

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10mo ago

CHIME Outriggers Pinpoint Record-Bright Fast Radio Burst to Nearby Spiral Galaxy

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last yr.

Ultra-Detailed Thousand-Color Image Reveals Sculptor Galaxy’s Internal Structure

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last yr.

Star Formation in Galaxies Tied to Gas Location, Not Quantity

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last yr.

Small Magellanic Cloud Found to Be Tearing Apart Under Gravitational Forces

5 ARTICLES

last yr.

Hubble Reveals Andromeda's Dwarf Galaxies Defy Star Formation Expectations

3 ARTICLES

last yr.

James Webb Telescope Unveils Missing Link in Phoenix Galaxy Cluster's Star Formation

5 ARTICLES

last yr.

James Webb Telescope Captures Record 44 Stars in Distant Galaxy Using Gravitational Lensing

12 ARTICLES

last yr.

Astronomers Uncover Key Clues to Formation of Universe’s Largest Galaxies

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last yr.

James Webb Telescope Unveils Hidden Details of Sombrero Galaxy

Star Formation

Milky Way Absorbed Dwarf Galaxy About 11.8–12 Billion Years Ago

Webb Resolves 16.5 Million Stars in Nearby Starburst Galaxy M82

Distant Lensed Starburst Identified as Leading Candidate for 2021 IceCube Neutrino

Webb and Hubble Show Massive Star Clusters Shed Birth Clouds Sooner

Astronomers Pinpoint the Milky Way’s Star-Forming Edge at 35,000–40,000 Light-Years

Astronomers Reconstruct NGC 1365’s 12-Billion-Year Past With Extragalactic Archaeology

JWST and ALMA Reveal Early Massive Galaxy Quenched by Black Hole Starvation

Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

ALMA Measures Superheated Dust in Extreme Early-Universe Galaxy

Five-Image Einstein Cross Points to Massive Dark Matter Halo

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CHIME Outriggers Pinpoint Brightest Nearby Fast Radio Burst to Galaxy NGC 4141

CHIME Outriggers Pinpoint Record-Bright Fast Radio Burst to Nearby Spiral Galaxy

Ultra-Detailed Thousand-Color Image Reveals Sculptor Galaxy’s Internal Structure

Star Formation in Galaxies Tied to Gas Location, Not Quantity

Small Magellanic Cloud Found to Be Tearing Apart Under Gravitational Forces

Hubble Reveals Andromeda's Dwarf Galaxies Defy Star Formation Expectations

James Webb Telescope Unveils Missing Link in Phoenix Galaxy Cluster's Star Formation

James Webb Telescope Captures Record 44 Stars in Distant Galaxy Using Gravitational Lensing

Astronomers Uncover Key Clues to Formation of Universe’s Largest Galaxies

James Webb Telescope Unveils Hidden Details of Sombrero Galaxy

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Star Formation