IC 1101 is one of the largest galaxies we know of, found in a galaxy cluster called Abell 2029. It spans about 6 million light-years and contains around two trillion stars.

However, the image doesn't show the dark matter that has a firm grip on the galaxy and the rest of the galaxies in the Perseus Cluster. Ancient astronomers would be astounded by what we've learned ...

So what happened to IC 3225? A galaxy may be an island of stars, but they don't exist alone; galaxies are almost always found in groups, which can contain thousands of "islands" held together by ...

The explosions, which leave behind a black hole or a neutron star, are so energetic they can outshine their host galaxies ... This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features NGC 1672 ...

Dubbed REBELS-25, this disc galaxy seems as orderly as present-day galaxies, but we see it as it was when the Universe ... In Odd Galaxy, NASA's Webb Finds Potential Missing Link to First Stars ...

Modeling predicts that galaxies in the early universe should have formed inside-out. Now, a new observation from the James Webb Space Telescope appears to have confirmed this. The James Webb Space ...

Scientists have discovered that bizarre cosmic phenomena known as fast radio bursts are more likely to occur in huge galaxies than in smaller ones, in turn unraveling the secrets of how so-called ...

Umm Al Quwain, UAE – SOUL (Startup One UAQ Launchpad) has officially launched as a dedicated incubator for tech-focused entrepreneurs in the UAE. Inaugurated within the Umm Al Quwain Free Trade Zone ...

It has peered at planets, stars, galaxies and black holes, casting its eye over a cornucopia of celestial treats. It can seem like JWST arrived out of nowhere, but the telescope has been the ...

Researchers have discovered a distant disc galaxy that has surprisingly similar characteristics to our own Milky Way, and it could change our understanding of how galaxies form. The galaxy ...

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