A small galaxy orbiting the giant M87 may carry the scars of one of the most violent events in the cosmos: the collision and ...
Astronomers have identified clear evidence of a recent merger between two supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the galaxy NGC 4486B. This rare cosmic event, detailed in a new study published in The ...
The absence of a signal could itself be a signal. This is the idea behind a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology ...
The peculiar galaxy NGC 3256 dominates this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. This Milky Way-sized galaxy lies about 120 million light-years away in the constellation Vela, and ...
Any amateur astronomer who has read about the universe or has an interest in observing deep-sky objects has encountered the letters NGC. They stand for New General Catalogue. The complete title is New ...