See amazing views of colliding galaxies NGC 520 and barred galaxy IC 4212 in imagery from the Siena Galaxy Atlas. Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA/N. Bartmann Image Processing: T.A. Rector ...
Astronomers have tracked a powerful blast of radiation back to its source, finding a neutron star collision within colliding galaxies.
A powerful "gamma-ray burst" has been seen exploding from merging neutron stars hidden within a previously unknown mini-galaxy leftover from an ancient cosmic crash. The "collision within a collision" ...
Despite years of debate and follow-up studies, an odd streak of cosmic light still defies a final explanation. Is it a giant ...
Astronomers witnessed planets colliding 11,000 light-years away, an event that could shed light on the collision that created Earth's moon.