Doradus 30, also known as 30 Doradus or the Tarantula Nebula, is a massive star-forming region located in the Large ...
Astronomers spent a decade compiling this special image with the Hubble Space Telescope and then stitched together 600 photos ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...
Scientists have recorded the largest structure in the known universe, Quipu, which is about 1.3 billion light-years wide.
The "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid has discovered its first Einstein ring in the process, learning about ...
The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...
Hubble’s high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to hone in on more of the Bullseye galaxy’s rings — and helped confirm ...
In a significant astronomical discovery, researchers found three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, offering new insights into the ...
Explore the James Webb Space Telescope's incredible discovery: a cosmic alignment revealing the teenage years of our Milky ...
“We [will be able to] move quickly and map out very large areas of the sky,” adds Josh Schlieder, the telescope’s wide-field ...
Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe—a vast network of galaxy ...