A vast filament of gas stretching across the cosmos may help solve the mystery of the Universe’s missing matter. Astronomers have identified a massive filament of hot gas connecting four galaxy ...

Stargazers may catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way appears in the night sky across the ...

Alternative to fireworks? Stargazers could instead catch a cosmic light show this Fourth of July weekend when the Milky Way ...

These disk galaxies commonly contain two main parts: a thin disk and ... questions in astronomy: was our galaxy's formation typical or unique? "The JWST images provided a window into galaxies that ...

Compact ruddy galaxies seen by the James Webb telescope confound astronomers. Having very little spin at birth may explain the galaxies’ small sizes.

Sweeping views of nebulae and dancing galaxies prove the telescope’s enormous field of view and ultra-high-res capabilities.

We know black hole mergers occur because we can detect the resulting gravitational waves. But when trying to piece together ...

From a bar in the clouds to finding more water from the Moon, outer space is constantly surprising us. A vast universe Think back to what you learned about astronomy in elementary school. If you’re ...

Giant molecular cloud (GMC) encompassing the mass of 160,000 suns, reportedly graces the Milky Way Galaxy 23,000 light years ...

The Andromeda galaxy, also known as Messier 31 (M31), is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of about ...

Published on June 23 first images of the new Vera Rubin Observatory, showing more than 10 million galaxies around the Virgo ...

Astronomers have found a new way of accurately mapping the outer gas disk of the Milky Way using the positions of young stars ...