Astronomers have discovered a "jellyfish" galaxy whose unusual shape and internal mechanisms—including distinctive "bunny ...

The game-changing Vera C. Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

Dark matter affects how stars move within galaxies, how galaxies build up over time, and how everything in the universe is held together—but no existing tool has directly detected it. While dark ...

The galaxy LEDA 1313424 has been nicknamed the Bullseye Galaxy, thanks to the nine rings that circle its bright center.

A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...

Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star ...

But a team of scientists has now made it possible for you to explore the cosmos from the comfort of your own home. Their ...

An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers ...

Using a neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes, astronomers have found that the one at the ...

Instead, they found no evidence for darkening on the moons’ trailing sides, and clear evidence for darkening of the leading ...

From a Mars rover selfie to an astronaut's view of the flower moon, these space images will give you a new perspective on our ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported June 2 that the probability of the two spiral g ...