The Hubble Space Telescope has delivered ... of these cosmic giants and their impact on the host galaxies. This data also opens up new avenues for studying how galactic mergers and interactions ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope ... like the Coma Cluster: many elliptical galaxies form through close encounters between galaxies that stir them up, or even collisions that rip them apart.

First, however, we need to figure out where this jet in the Hubble Telescope image came from in the first place. Jets like these are known to erupt from elliptical galaxies that have been sculpted ...

A close-up view of a prodigious number of stars in the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA / ESA / B. Williams (U. of Washington) The Andromeda galaxy is a colossal marvel in our sky, hosting over 1 ...

A small blue dwarf galaxy passed through the massive Bullseye galaxy. This impact created nine rings of new stars.

Video of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space ... of a once-spiral galaxy that may have interacted with Andromeda in the past. Computer simulations suggest that when a close ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble ... galaxy that may have interacted with Andromeda in the past. Computer simulations suggest that when a close encounter with another galaxy uses ...

Quasars are distant galaxies with supermassive black holes, surrounded by brilliantly hot disks of swirling gas that can blast off jets of material. Following up on ... NASA's Hubble Space ...

Hubble gazes at galaxies ... could be a collision or close interaction with another galaxy. Research suggests the gravity from closely associated galaxies can stir up dust and gas, leading to ...