The Universe still holds many mysteries, and galaxies are no exception. A new category of galaxies, neither blue nor red, ...

If you’ve been reading this column lately, you might have noticed a recent trend where I try to answer some deceptively ...

There are many different types of galaxies in the universe. Spiral galaxies like our own are just one type, and each galaxy variant can come in a variety of sizes. These new galaxies are what are ...

However, not all spiral galaxies are created equal, as two recent images from the Hubble Space Telescope show. The image above shows galaxy NGC 3596, a neat and orderly spiral galaxy. And the image ...

The researchers believe the cloud is held together by a massive dark matter halo, making it an ideal dark galaxy candidate — a theoretical type of galaxy made mostly of dark matter, with little ...

Researchers believe the SMC can act as a model for the types of galaxies that existed early in the universe, ones with lower mass and lower concentrations of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium.

Dwarf galaxies are the most abundant type of galaxies that populate the Universe. Composed of 100 times fewer stars than the Milky Way, or even less, they are the building blocks of more massive ...

They are looking for more galaxies around the same one-billion-year mark in the universe’s history, hoping to find more examples of a new type of galaxy, a missing link in the history of ...

No one knows whether the Sombrero has spiral arms like our Milky Way, or whether it is a more fuzzy and less defined type of galaxy called an elliptical galaxy. Either way, as seen from Earth it ...

Dwarf galaxies are the most abundant type of galaxy that populate the universe. Composed of 100 times fewer stars than the Milky Way, or even less, they are the building blocks of more massive ...