Scientists have been baffled after spotting two galaxies entangled in a 'cosmic joust', with one galaxy wielding a deadly 'spear of radiation'.

The pair — dueling it out 11 billion light-years away in space — has given astronomers their first detailed look at a galaxy merger in which one impales another with intense radiation. The armed ...

Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense ...