As it turns out, galaxies tend to hang out in groups. We learn more about that on this week's Looking Up. April showers bring May flowers, but clear nights in April bring one of the most wonderful and ...

High sensitivity radio observations have discovered a cloud of magnetized plasma in the Hydra galaxy cluster. The odd location and shape of this plasma defy all conventional explanations. Dubbed the ...

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Take a tour of the Hydra I galaxy cluster. A galaxy in the region, NGC 3312, is "losing cold gas as it moves through the hot gas within the cluster," according to the European Southern Observatory.

The VLT Survey Telescope has offered a treat for galactic archeologists. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When astronomers look at ...

The “head” of the Flying Fox discovered this time points to the south-west (lower right). The Flying Fox has a “wingspan” of 220,000 light years. The white contours in the background show the X-ray ...