Most galaxies are spiral, spherical or ellipsoidal aggregations of stars, but some have irregular configurations. These unusual objects may very well be galaxies in an early stage of evolution ...

Astronomers have discovered a group of dwarf galaxies that are unusually aligned in a near-straight line, with most of them rotating in the same direction. These peculiar features challenge ...

Such events shape galaxy evolution, controlling star formation. The study of galaxies like NGC 5548 and peculiar galaxies help understand galaxy evolution and dark matter. Black holes have always ...

A Catalogue of Southem Peculiar Galaxies and Associatlons (2-volume set). Halton C. Arp and Barry F. Madore. Cambridge University Press: May, $125. Volume 1 presents information on more than 6,000 ...

astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope believed that galaxies had mostly irregular and peculiar structures that resemble mergers. However, the superior abilities of JWST now allows us to see the ...