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

Smaller black holes tend to attract less material, making them naturally dimmer. Chandra would miss many of these faint ...

Indian astronomers have identified a surprisingly mature, Milky Way-like galaxy from the universe’s early era. Named ...

Astronomers recently discovered a never-before-seen celestial phenomenon hiding in our own cosmic backyard. The mystery object, located just a short 15,000 light-years from Earth in our Milky Way ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the light of a star that exploded when the universe was still in its cosmic youth ...

We often think of galaxies either as individual “island universes” or as a member of a galaxy cluster. But there is another category of association: galaxy groups. Many galaxies — perhaps most in the ...

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

Spring has sprung — and for lovers of deep-sky objects, that means it’s galaxy season. This is a time of the year when that pesky, band of glowing stars and shadowy dust that we call the Milky Way is ...

With their extremely strong magnetic fields, magnetars have long been considered the prime culprit capable of producing the powerful bursts of energy known as fast radio bursts. The recent burst, ...

More than 100 observed galaxies are being disrupted and stripped of their outer layers, transforming them into fossil-dense, ultra-compact dwarf galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Astronomers discovered an ultra-rare spiral galaxy with a ring of hydrogen swirling around its poles. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...