But researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration of NASA and its European and Canadian space ...

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, cosmic 'ghost towns,' offer new insights into the early universe and star formation.

A rare group of aligned, star-birthing dwarf galaxies resemble a cosmic string of pearls. Astronomers have discovered a rare ...

For the first time, NASA Chandra X-ray telescope has been used to discover a pair of black holes in dwarf galaxies that are ...

Astronomers have announced the discovery of three new ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, the likes of which have not been seen ...

By combining data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have investigated three ...

The striking blue stars of the Leo P dwarf galaxy appear dashed across the lower right corner of this image from NASA's James ...

Astronomers have unveiled surprising new details about a small galaxy, NGC 300, challenging existing theories on galaxy ...

The galaxy, located in the constellation Leo, is about the same size as a star cluster within the Milky Way and is about the ...

Astronomers have struggled with finding ultra-faint dwarf galaxies far enough from the Milky Way's influence, making these ...

The starburst galaxy NGC 1569 glows brilliantly, illuminated by the light of millions of newly formed young stars. This image of LH63, cloaked in red, was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have ...