New infrared image highlights star formation triggered by merger-in-progress. Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxies, shines ...

But if we are looking for the BOAT, the biggest of all time (and space), there is only one answer: the cosmic web. This is how the universe is organized. Galaxies can be found quite isolated ...

Our models of the Universe suggest that there's a vast cosmic web of dark matter, the strands of which span those distances, connecting galaxy to galaxy, cluster to cluster. Along these filaments ...

In other words, one black hole is continuously erupting energy and plasma into space across a distance more than 140 times ...

The large-scale structure of the universe—the gigantic, hierarchical cosmic web of structures bound by gravity—is mostly made up of dark matter. The growth of the large-scale structure ...

Astronomers have discovered the largest known black hole jets, stretching an astonishing 23 million light-years. To put it in ...

A new catalog providing information on millions of distant galaxies, which determines their distances with unprecedented ...

The large-scale structure of the Universe is dominated by vast voids with galaxies clustered in knots, sheets, and filaments, forming a great 'cosmic web'. In this personal account of the major ...

This is the earliest filament ever seen of the so-called "cosmic web," a mysterious network that connects the galaxies in our universe. The filament is thought to be about three million light ...

Meteorites can vary greatly in size. While some are tiny, resembling grains of sand, others can weigh several tons. The ...

The views span the universe from nebulae to galaxies to the ... The image encompasses the epic Pillars of Creation, a famous cosmic formation that has enchanted Earthlings for decades.