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Space photo of the week: Hubble spots a twisted 'train-wreck' galaxy that may hide a cosmic illusionThe Hubble Space Telescope's stunning image of the dusty 'train-wreck' galaxy NGC 4753 reveals what may be one of the greatest optical illusions in the nearby universe.
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Some of the oldest stars in the universe found hiding near the Milky Way's edge — and they may not be aloneAstronomers reanalyzed the chemical composition of three stars in the Milky Way's halo and found that they are between 12 and 13 billion years old. They may have also been stolen from other galaxies.
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Space photo of the week: 'God's Hand' leaves astronomers scratching their headsA new space photo captures "God's Hand", a cometary globule in the Gum Nebula, where stars are being born.
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Cosmic 'superbubbles' might be throwing entire galaxies into chaos, theoretical study hintsWhen there are multiple supernovas in the same galaxy, they can leave enormous voids that tamper with the balance between dark matter and regular matter. Over time, this can throw entire galaxies into chaos.
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Black hole 'traffic jams' are forcing cosmic monsters to collide, new study findsSupermassive black holes may create conditions akin to "cosmic intersections with failed traffic lights" that make collisions between smaller stellar-mass black holes inevitable.
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Enormous explosion in 'Cigar Galaxy' reveals rare type of star never seen beyond the Milky WayAn incredibly brief, ultrabright explosion has led astronomers to a newfound magnetic star outside the Milky Way, which could be the first of many extragalactic magnetars, according to new research.
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope reveals surprising starburst in ancient galaxyNew infrared observations from the James Webb Space Telescope unveil a galaxy far, far away that's creating new stars.
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13 billion-year-old 'streams of stars' discovered near Milky Way's center may be earliest building blocks of our galaxyTwo gargantuan structures discovered near our galaxy's ancient heart may be some of the earliest building blocks of the Milky Way. Researchers have named them Shiva and Shakti.
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Speck of light spotted by Hubble is one of the most enormous galaxies in the early universe, James Webb telescope revealsThe ancient obect Gz9p3, which appeared as a single point of light through the Hubble Space Telescope, is actually one of the most enormous galaxies in the early universe, James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal.
