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Gaze at a cluster of glowing galaxies photo of the day for May 2, 2025

The cosmic community of Abell 1489 comes into focus in this image of the galaxy cluster taken by the Gemini…

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James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of galaxies in a cosmic ‘feast’ (image)

Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe. The James Webb…

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James Webb Space Telescope finds a wild black hole growth spurt in galaxies at ‘cosmic noon’

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer back in time over 10 billion years, observing an…

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Our galactic neighbor Andromeda has a bunch of satellite galaxies — and they’re weirdly pointing at us

Our neighboring Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, or M31) appears to sport a lopsided arrangement of satellite galaxies that defy scientific…

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Vast swarms of hidden galaxies may be secretly bathing the universe in a soft glow

A secret population of hidden galaxies suffusing the universe in a soft glow of far-infrared light have been strongly suggested…

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Euclid space telescope unveils ‘treasure trove’ of data on 26 million galaxies in the ‘dark universe’

The European Space Agency (ESA) has just released the first batch of data from the groundbreaking Euclid space telescope, which…

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Euclid space telescope captures 26 million galaxies in first data drop

A sea of galaxies photographed by the Euclid space telescope ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G.…

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These dwarf galaxies in the Hydra cluster are baffling scientists: ‘We found something we didn’t expect’

Astronomers have discovered something surprising about the universe’s smallest and faintest class of galaxies: Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs). A research team…

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When did the first galaxies form? Earlier than we thought possible

Many millions of years after the big bang, a point of light arose in a dark universe. This first star…

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Scientist image 3-million-light-year-long ‘cosmic web’ ensnaring 2 galaxies for 1st time

Astronomers have imaged a spectacular thread in the cosmic web, connecting two actively forming galaxies that existed when the universe…

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