Using NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory, astronomers have observed a massive and hot galaxy cluster known as PLCKG287.0+32.9 ...

A new analysis of astronomical data suggests unknown physics is at work assisting dark energy in acting almost as ...

ESA’s Euclid mission mapped 26 million galaxies, revealing galaxy shapes, cosmic structures, and gravitational lenses ...

The galaxy is a vibrant orange disk, dubbed the Big Wheel. Its life began within the universe’s first two billion years of ...

NGC 4536 is a starburst galaxy with rapid star formation due to gas compression. Its bar-like structure channels gas toward ...

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, a young cosmic entity that may resemble the Milky ...

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have published the cosmological results of the first ...

Many galaxies are visible in this deep field exposure, and its just a part of a larger mosaic, zoomed in 16 times.

Gravity stretches out forever, but it’s not very strong. If protons and neutrons had to hang on to each other with gravity, ...

This suggests that O-type stars experience black hole grinding. There are plenty of the smaller B-type stars in the region, ...