For a long time, astronomers believed galaxy formation followed a very specific model: cosmic gas collects in clumps, stars ...

"Why do they have the same rotation? They must have a connection with each other — that would be a very strong question that ...

A shockwave caused by the galaxy NGC 7318b slamming into four other galaxies is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter." ...

Astronomers are closer than ever to working out how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying.

Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...

We are the Universe trying to understand itself. How, and why, did we come to be? Why does the Universe take the shape it ...

Much of the mass in the universe lies not in stars or galaxies, but in the space between them, known as the intergalactic ...

The James Webb Space Telescope may have broken another of its own records, finding potentially five of the earliest and most ...

To explore the galaxy and hunt for resources, intelligent aliens might need to turn their home stars into natural spaceships, ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its ...

WOH G64 is a red supergiant 160,000 light-years from Earth demonstrating erratic behavior over the last decade ...