It was kind of like seeing a pregnant octogenarian in a nursing home.” That is what astronomers employed to explain the ...

This stunning Hubble view of spiral galaxy UGC 11397 captures more than graceful arms and glowing stars—it hides a ravenous ...

These cosmic filaments contain 12 trillion solar masses of 10-million-degree gas, helping solve the "missing matter" mystery.

The galaxy sits in a sweet spot that allows astronomers to study it in ways that can't be applied to even our own Milky Way ...

This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is ...

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers from Canada and Switzerland have discovered a new galaxy, which ...

THE thrills and spills of the summer transfer window are well underway with some huge deals in the pipeline. Chelsea has ...

Sky watchers around the world have a new star to hunt for in the night sky, thanks to a recently detected explosion in our ...

The James Webb Telescope reveals a never-before-seen infrared image: thousands of galaxies and ancient stars expose cosmic ...