Due to its low metallicity and relatively simple structure, the SMC provides a useful model for studying the early stages of galaxy formation. The ongoing interaction with the LMC could help ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have found compelling evidence of a dark matter-deficient dwarf galaxy, FCC 224. This ultra-diffuse galaxy is located on the ...

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After more than a decade of scanning the stars, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia spacecraft has ... itself is no longer transmitting, the science it enabled is far from over.

Discovered by the ESA's SOHO satellite ... it's expected to brighten as it approaches the Sun in May. Image source: Live Science In recent mornings, the sky has become quietly magical ...

Over 11 years of operation, it created the most detailed and accurate 3D map of our galaxy ever ... particularly ESA’s upcoming LISA mission, which will rely on similar technology to detect ...

James Webb Telescope uncovers clues of hidden supermassive black hole in M83 galaxy (Picture credit: ESA) ...

JADES-GS-z13-1-LA is a young galaxy shining just 330 million years after the Big Bang, signaling it's part of a process called reionization.

Dark galaxies are theoretical, starless systems whose discovery could help astronomers better understand galaxy formation ... reported April 18 in Science Advances, revealed a compact clump ...

"Death" for a galaxy refers to the slowing down, or even halting, of intense star formation, which stops a galaxy from growing. Such dead galaxies are more formally referred to as being "quiescent ...