Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have created the most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way ever made, revealing...
What it is: Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxiesWhere it is: 465 million light-years away, in the constellation Leo MinorWhen it...
One of astronomy's grandest riddles may have just gotten even more interesting, according to new research that suggests the source...
To mark Independence Day, NASA has released a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image showing the frenzied eruption of a young star...
When it comes to "busting" cosmic ghosts, only the most extreme objects in the universe may be up to the task: neutron stars. Scientists...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered what could be the earliest star clusters in the universe.JWST spotted the five...
The space environment is harsh and full of extreme radiation. Scientists designing spacecraft and satellites need materials that can...
Astronomers have spotted two active black holes merging at their farthest distance ever — just 900 million years after the Big...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest-known galaxy, one that is surprisingly bright and big considering it...
And you thought rush hour was bad on Earth! New research suggests some "cosmic intersections" have failed "traffic lights" that deem...
Astronomers have discovered the first known instance of a baby star "sneezing." The cosmic discharge, which may have occurred as recently...
IRAS 16562-3959 is a relatively close nebula where stars are being born. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Fedriani, J. Tan)What...
Astronomers have captured the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed — a fireball 10 times brighter than any known supernova.The...
The James Webb Space Telescope detected what may be the oldest known black hole in the universe by deconstructing faint glimmers of...
We are in the middle of a bubble of stars being made by the Milky Way. As this artist’s concept shows, the Local bubble is driving...
A strange star is moving through our galaxy at a speed that is hard to imagine. Astronomers found PSR J0002+6216, a lone runner moving...
