Learn how galactic archaeology uses chemical clues to uncover how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years.

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the full history of a galaxy outside the Milky Way using chemical clues. By ...

A nearby galaxy is behaving strangely—and now scientists know why. The Small Magellanic Cloud’s stars move in chaotic ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a rare jellyfish galaxy 8.5 billion light-years from Earth, offering a pristine look at how cosmic environments violently shut down ...

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It is located about 25 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.