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![Arp 107, a celestial object that comprises a pair of galaxies in the midst of a collision, with a Seyfert galaxy on the left.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MbpHGbrXmooMb4TnTmydVj-320-80.jpg)
Space photo of the week: Hubble spies a spectacular galaxy crash
By Jamie Carter published
Arp 107 hosts a special spiraling 'Seyfert' galaxy connected to a smaller galaxy by a 'bridge' of dust and gas.
![In the field of one of JWST's largest-area surveys, COSMOS-Web, an Einstein ring was discovered around a compact, distant galaxy. It turns out to be the most distant gravitational lens ever discovered by a few billion light-years.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9MC6YXtCvmZANvLZYgdRxK-320-80.jpg)
Stunningly perfect 'Einstein ring' snapped by James Webb telescope is most distant gravitationally lensed object ever seen
By Harry Baker published
The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a stunning image of a perfectly formed Einstein ring, which is also the most distant gravitationally lensed object ever detected.
![An illustration of the Milky Way on a black background, with the galaxy's edges drooping down on one side and lifting up on the other](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jeCvJQxQxia7pzvMojLrWg-320-80.jpg)
Our entire galaxy is warping, and a gigantic blob of dark matter could be to blame
By Ben Turner published
An invisible halo of misaligned dark matter could explain the warps at the Milky Way's edges.
![Kepler's exoplanets.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fo7DwbJyRELTwW8uBREr8d-320-80.jpg)
How many planets are in the universe?
By Briley Lewis published
We currently know of 5,502 planets beyond the solar system, but we've only found the tiniest fraction of the planets astronomers think lie elsewhere in the universe.
![The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3zQa8ZAvBQoeoPkUgdFtkd-320-80.jpg)
Space photo of the week: A cosmic 'ghost' peers through the universe's past
By Jamie Carter published
Imaged beautifully by Hubble, NGC 6684 is a 'lenticular' galaxy very different to our own Milky Way.
![A fiery orange smudge representing Maisie's galaxy, one of the earliesrt galaxies in the known universe](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B5o9BQ8QJA6BQwXjX3xqwK-320-80.jpg)
13 billion-year-old 'Maisie's galaxy' is one of the oldest objects in the universe, James Webb telescope reveals
By Brandon Specktor published
Born less than 400 million years after the Big Bang, Maisie's galaxy is officially one of the four oldest galaxies ever discovered, a new JWST study reveals.
![A galaxy with an exceptionally bright, stretched-out disk of light around it](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AzMWgF4VSz9sVfT9dCuPTG-320-80.jpg)
Bizarre 'relic galaxy' is missing a key component of the universe, and scientists are stumped
By Robert Lea published
A massive galaxy far from Earth seems to be entirely devoid of dark matter, contrary to all accepted cosmological models.
![An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/htwyfKg9cmdmBya2yVTfH8-320-80.jpg)
James Webb Space Telescope: Origins, design and mission objectives
By Andrew May last updated
Reference NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has launched and it's the most powerful in history, giving us the deepest ever view into our universe.
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