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October 6, 2026UC Berkeley News

UC Berkeley Student Finds Three 'Backsplash' Dwarf Galaxies Near M101

Annotated survey image of the sky region of proto-supercluster COSMOS-z3.1-A, with member galaxies circled

September 8, 2026NSF NOIRLab

Astronomers Find the Most Distant Proto-Supercluster, COSMOS-z3.1-A

Artist's impression of the dwarf galaxy LKH merging with the young Milky Way

August 17, 2026ESA/Hubble

Hubble Reveals the Milky Way's Earliest Merger, 11.8 Billion Years Ago

Webb NIRCam and MIRI image of the field around the evolved star IRS 3 near the Milky Way's center

August 11, 2026ESA/Webb

Webb Finds Water and Fresh Dust Around a Dying Star Near Sgr A*

Composite Gemini North and ALMA image of the gravitationally lensed galaxy nicknamed Shadow Blaster

June 17, 2026NSF NOIRLab

Lensed 'Shadow Blaster' Galaxy Likely Source of an IceCube Neutrino