This infrared view offers the clearest look yet at how dwarf galaxies merge, evolve, trade gas and ignite waves of new stars.
The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image.
Hundreds of billions of galaxies are estimated to exist in the universe, each an island of stars, gas, and dust with dark matter in the vast cosmic expanse, each one unique. It is this diversity that ...
Astronomers using the James Webb telescope may have discovered some of the universe's first stars, and they may offer clues to how galaxies form. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a ...