A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

Where is our solar system in the vast assemblage of celestial objects in this island Universe we call the Milky Way? To answer that question, we can begin with the beautiful configuration of stars we ...

Scientists use 3D galaxy maps to uncover hidden details about dark matter and the universe’s large-scale structure.

According to NASA's SPHEREx mission details, the observatory will survey the entire sky using near-infrared light. Its goals include exploring how galaxies evolved, understanding the structure of the ...

Giant radio galaxies are cosmic megastructures that can span millions of light-years, making them some of the largest-known ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its ...

Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

This image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features an H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

MeerKAT’s newest giant radio galaxy find is extraordinary: the plasma jets of this cosmic giant span 3.3 million light years.

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...