Astronomers have long suspected that the early universe was home to some massive galaxies, but mysteries lingered about these ancient cosmic giants. For one, based on theoretical predictions, these ...

There's a monster out there. It's far away, buried deep in the past. But scientists can see it. And thanks to a new international imaging project, they've begun to understand it, too. The monster is a ...

Astronomers don't know why the monster's star-birth engine shut down. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers just discovered ...

The home to all life as we know it, the Milky Way galaxy, is on a “collision course” with its cosmic neighbor, Andromeda, according to a new study. But you needn’t fret, astronomers say — it won’t ...

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Scientists are left scratching their heads after a hugely productive galaxy went dark without warning, according to a new study. The monstrous star system, known as XMM-2599, reportedly existed 12 ...

The galaxy Messier 87 has quite an appetite. New observations by astronomers at Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and other institutes have revealed that the giant elliptical galaxy ...

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Astronomers obtained the most detailed anatomy chart of a monster galaxy located 12.4 billion light-years away. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the team revealed that ...

A monster galaxy 12.4 billion light-years away from Earth has been forming stars a thousand times more rapidly than the Milky Way galaxy. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array or ALMA ...

A "monster" galaxy that formed when the universe was just one billion years old has been mapped by scientists for the first time—and the findings have defied all expectations. The mystery galaxy—named ...