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

A spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies ...

JWST uncovers evidence of ancient “monster stars” whose extreme chemistry may explain the origins of early supermassive black ...

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

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

Recent astronomical research indicates that our Earth may be embedded within one of the largest known structures in the observable universe. Scientists have identified a vast ring of galaxies that ...

Jacqueline Antwi-Danso is in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4, Canada. Before the launch of JWST, even massive quenched galaxies were ...

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

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 ...

Could we turn our solar system into a spaceship and drive the Sun around the galaxy? Interstellar travel is horrible and deadly. Much safer to stay on here Earth with our gloriously habitable ...

Eros appears to buzz the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of a livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Institute in partnership ...