While testing out its dark matter detective, European Space Agency scientists saw a cosmic phenomenon named after famed physicist Albert Einstein: an Einstein ring.

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy. The halo, known as an ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles ...

A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.

This dream-like Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy known as NGC 3156. It is a lenticular galaxy, meaning that it falls somewhere between an elliptical and a spiral galaxy.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured massive galaxy cluster RX J2129. located about 3.2 billion light-years away. A ‘supernova-hosting galaxy’ can be seen three times, at 3 different points in time ...

In a significant astronomical discovery, researchers found three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, offering new insights into the ...

A giant galaxy intrigues with its unique target-like structure. Discovered by a team of researchers from Yale University, ...

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a record-smashing galaxy wrapped in 9 rings of stars — along with ...

The research team said these rings likely formed when a smaller galaxy shot through the heart of the Bullseye galaxy roughly ...