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When the modern mind attempts to grapple with animistic concepts like "the sun is alive," the first impulse is to dismiss them as a superstitious fancy. Thankfully, many of us recognize the culturally imperialistic tone of that dismissal. We may...

A new Hubble Space Telescope photo reveals Wilds Triplet in stunning detail, including a spectacular tidal tail of gas, dust and stars crossing between a pair of galaxies.

Sometimes it's tempting to imagine a supernatural hand behind the arrangement of celestial bodies.

A new image produced by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details of Stephans Quintet, the very first compact galaxy group ever discovered.

This fresh Hubble Space Telescope image looks like a gassy disaster unfolding deep in space.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the otherworldly image of IC 564 when it looked at this region to learn more about clumpy star formation.

"The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship." -Amelia Earhart It's been another fantastic week for us here at Starts With A Bang! This past week, we've had a blast covering a wide range of topics, including:

The images show the galaxies symmetrically aligned as they collide. The Hubble Space Telescope captured many dreamy images of two merging galaxies in the VV-689 system.

The outstretched arm of this peculiar spiral is the result of a cosmic handshake between neighbors.

A new image from the Gemini Observatory captures a lopsided galaxy known as NGC 772, which boasts one overdeveloped spiral arm due to tidal interactions with an unruly neighbor.