The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera captured an "array of stars that make up the dwarf galaxy Wolf–Lundmark ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a new dwarf galaxy, which received designation ...

A family portrait of the Andromeda galaxy and its orbiting dwarf satellites raises questions about how galaxies evolve.

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Researchers have uncovered a hidden bridge of gas, spanning more than 185,000 light-years, in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped a remarkably detailed image of a nearby dwarf galaxy. The near-infrared view reveals the deepest glimpse yet into a stellar panorama that could offer ...

Astronomers know that mergers play a huge role in galaxy growth. Right now, the Milky Way is slowly consuming the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The evidence is a stream of gas called the ...

A Dartmouth-led survey identified more than 300 candidate satellite galaxies orbiting low-mass star systems known as dwarf galaxies. Pictured are possible satellites around the dwarf galaxy ESO486-G21 ...