A newly-detected spinning galaxy filament is reshaping our understanding of cosmic structure, gas flows, and the origins of ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope report that a powerful gamma-ray burst detected in March may have been ...

Researchers detected evidence of 'dinosaur-like' stars in a GS 3073 galaxy, around 12.7 billion light years away from Earth.

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

A new research paper, published in the Science Advances journal, has postulated that rocky planets like ours may be far more ...

Indian astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a stunning grand-design spiral galaxy that remarkably resembles our Milky Way, yet it existed when the Universe was ...

For much of the twentieth century, scientists expected the expanding universe to slow over time. The opposite turned out to ...

The history of how stars and galaxies came to be and evolved into the present day remains among the most challenging astrophysical questions to solve yet, but new research brings us closer to ...

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If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, billions of stars and their attendant planets. The universe teems with huge, ...

A new explanation for the solar system's radioactive elements suggests Earth-like planets might be found orbiting up to 50 ...

It’s always amazing, and more than a little humbling, when the universe reminds us that our “common sense” is provincial, ...