While we have plenty of spiral galaxies, like our own Milky Way, these are only the most common types of galaxies out there. There are still others, like elliptical or irregular galaxies.
Quasars are the most luminous type of active galaxy. They emit light across the electromagnetic spectrum, produce powerful ...
"Andromeda looks like a transitional type of galaxy that's between a star-forming spiral and a sort of elliptical galaxy dominated by aging red stars," said Weisz. "We can tell it's got this big ...
"The large volume of data from Rubin will give us a sample of all kinds of Type Ia supernovas at a range of distances and in ...
Astronomers have detected fast-repeating radio bursts from a distant "dead" galaxy that should not contain the energy to ...
The Hubble Space Telescope completes a high-resolution portrait of our galaxy's gorgeous neighbor, which will help scientists better understand our Milky Way.
The subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a supernova-hosting galaxy located about 600 million light-years ...
Based on what scientists thought they knew about fast radio bursts, referred to in astronomy as FRBs, this type of galaxy should not contain the kind of star long thought to produce such bursts.