Astronomers have found a huge cosmic structure called Quipu. It spans 1.3 billion light-years, making it 13,000 times bigger ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

The planet 51 Pegasi b is a long way from Prior Lake, 48 light years (several billion miles) to be exact. It orbits a fifth magnitude star, similar to our Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. It was ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

NASA is preparing to launch its latest space observatory, SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch ...

Experts have found water in the universe for the first time in history, and it could be one of the greatest achievements ever made ...

A NERDY love of science fiction, a yearning for adventure, a passion for science and a foundation of Jesuit education all ...

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from ...

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

The Bullseye galaxy is two and a half times the size of our Milky Way and has nine rings. Fifty million years ago, two galaxies met up in space. One was tiny, the other large. The small galaxy ...