Galaxies may not be as simple as "young and blue" or "old and red." A new idea from astrophysicist Charles Steinhardt proposes a third type: red star-forming galaxies that break the mold. These galaxi ...

The universe doesn't come with an instruction manual—but if it did, University of Missouri Assistant Professor Charles ...

How Satisfying? When Galaxies Collide: Our Fate in the Chaos Posted: March 20, 2025 | Last updated: March 20, 2025 "An epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science ...

Two galaxies that closely neighbour the Milky Way are at war, with the larger tearing the smaller galaxy to shreds.The Magellanic Clouds are two dwarf galaxies, visible from the Southern Hemisphere, ...

A lot of very interesting things happen when galaxies collide, not least of which is the unpredictable future for the stars and planets that call each galaxy home. Stars within the galaxies may be ...

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...

"We were surprised by the streams of light that were visible near the center of the galaxies, as nothing similar has been ...

If you see a pair of bright eyes in the inky depths of space, you’re seeing what a team of astronomers spied last year—a rare formation created by the grazing collision of two spiral galaxies.

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Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...

Conrad Labandeira, curator of fossil arthropods, National Museum of Natural History If the universe is expanding and everything in it is traveling at the same speed, why would galaxies collide ...