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A newly discovered galaxy with glowing star-filled "tentacles" is rewriting parts of cosmic history.

Detected in 2021, the Amaterasu particle ranks among the most energetic cosmic rays ever observed, carrying an estimated 244 ...

Scientists discovered a distant jellyfish galaxy with star-forming "tails" stretching back 8.5 billion years.

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery: a faint object nearly invisible is holding a collection of star clusters ...

When you gaze up at the night sky, you’re looking back in time. Light from the stars takes years, sometimes millennia, to ...

A rare jellyfish-like galaxy discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope challenges what science knew about early galactic evolution.

A rare jellyfish galaxy discovered by JWST is offering clues about how galaxies died in the early universe.

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Astronomers have gotten a rare close-up look at a galaxy from the early universe and found it’s chock full of star forming activity in a way no one expected. Nicknamed “Cosmic Grapes,” this ancient ...

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...