The Hubble Space Telescope has stepped on the tails of 12 interacting galaxies and found them to be studded with the shining diamonds of young star clusters —scientists compare the phenomena to cosmic ...

Stretching like a celestial bridge across space, Arp 248 — also known as Wild's Triplet — is a spectacular sight for keen-eyed astronomers. The Hubble Space Telescope offers a new view of the ...

Massive star clusters brimming with giant, luminous blue stars are forming in the unraveled wreckage of interacting galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Researchers discovered a hidden 185,000 light-year "bridge" of gas between two distant galaxies, which are also trailed by a 1.6 million light-year galactic tail — the largest of its kind ever seen.