When it comes to star formation, not all galaxies are the same. Some are quenched, meaning they've depleted their star ...

A new result from the molecular gas survey in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 using the Atacama Large ...

A distant galaxy 12 billion light-years away shows signs of being a jellyfish galaxy, with trailing streams of gas caused by ram pressure stripping.

Researchers discover high-velocity clouds in the nearby spiral galaxy M83. These clouds are moving at speeds significantly ...

The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

Take a tour of the Hydra I galaxy cluster. A galaxy in the region, NGC 3312, is "losing cold gas as it moves through the hot ...

In a dense galaxy cluster, NGC 4858 shows how cosmic winds strip gas, spark new stars, and shape stunning jellyfish-like features.

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

Two studies fill in gaps about the cosmos’s ordinary matter. One maps it all, even the “missing matter.” The other details one of its hiding spots.

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory created a detailed map of the Sculptor galaxy. The map covers 65,000 light years and reveals thousand ...

A surprising new look at the Milky Way has scientists rethinking everything we thought we knew about our home galaxy. Thanks ...

Galaxies have an overall internal motion called disk velocity. It’s how gas, dust, and stars move around the galactic center.