A violent collision between two dwarf galaxies strips them of their dark matter.

Astronomers have spotted the most distant and brightest "space laser" ever seen, blasting out from a distant galaxy collision ...

Understanding how galaxies grow has long stood as one of astronomy’s core challenges. Over time, scientists have gathered evidence that galaxy mergers matter. When two galaxies move close, gravity can ...

An astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is using data from the Canada–France–Hawaiʻi Telescope (CFHT) on Maunakea ...

Dr. Pierre Martin and his team created an animation showing two galaxies colliding more than 440 million years ago.

Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense ...

Neutron star collision in merging galaxies reveals how cosmic destruction forges heavy elements like gold, offering clues to the universe's chemical evolution. (Nanowerk News) A recently detected ...

CNW/ - Bishop's University has received $800,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Government of Québec, ...

Two space telescopes really are better than one. This month NASA released a new image that combines observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Chandra X-ray Observatory of two ...

CNN — Although it looks a bit like an eerie, floating face suspended in space, the optical illusion spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope is really the result of two galaxies colliding. Hubble took ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Last month when scientists announced new ...

We learned that the stellar collision it came from was likely caused by an even more catastrophic encounter—a merger between two galaxies. This is the first time astronomers associated this type of ...