Galactic death: Some galaxies hit the gas, live fast, and die young

By Phil Plait 1 month ago

The Molten Ring Galaxy is blasting out a trillion suns worth of infrared radiation

By Phil Plait 1 month ago

Space warp puts a supernova on cosmic repeat

By Phil Plait 1 month ago

Hubble spies a quintuple quasar… except it's a cosmic mirage

By Phil Plait 2 months ago

Magnificent Hubble image of a cluster warping space and stripping gas

By Phil Plait 3 months ago

The birth of a little black hole may have revealed a much bigger black hole

By Phil Plait 7 months ago

A billion galaxies lurk in a 10 trillion pixel map of the sky

By Phil Plait 9 months ago

This is the closest we’ve ever gotten to seeing dark matter

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

Why is there a normal galaxy sitting at the edge of the Universe?

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

When were the *very* first stars born? Earlier than we can see, even with Hubble

By Phil Plait 1 year ago