The vastness of space allows for a huge variety of structures to pop up all over the place. Even things we think of as one-and-done objects—like galaxies—come in quite a few shapes and sizes. Follow ...

Dwarf irregular galaxies as a research area encompasses the observational and theoretical study of low-mass, gas-rich, morphologically irregular galaxies that lack coherent spiral structure or ...

Galaxies are vast gravitational structures that harbor billions to trillions of stars, as well as, interstellar gas, dust, ...

The constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear) is home to Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy. Messier 101 is one of the biggest and brightest spiral galaxies in the night sky. Like the Milky Way, ...

A new study suggests that failing to detect dark matter signals in some galaxies may not contradict evidence seen in our own.

Euclid's view of the Horsehead Nebula (all images courtesy ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) This first ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...