With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...

The Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, is located about 6,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens. It is a well-known stellar nursery with vast swaths of cosmic dust and gas from ...

The interstellar plasma is turbulent and scatters pulsar radio waves slightly away from a direct, straight line path. The ...

The moment you enter, your eyes are inevitably drawn upward to the showstopping ceiling – a spectacular cosmic panorama where galaxies, nebulae, and stars swirl in mesmerizing patterns of purple, blue ...

The photo of a 9.5-light-year-long cloud within the Eagle Nebula celebrates the space telescope’s upcoming 35th birthday.

Researchers have long assumed that benzene is a precursor to interstellar polycyclic aromatic ... and where conditions match those found in space. In space, PAHs form at pressures lower than ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESO/C. Marconcini et al. A distant galaxy is home to a ravenous supermassive black ...

In 1977, two probes launched less than a month apart on a mission to the great beyond. The twin Voyager spacecraft were to travel where no other mission had gone before, exploring what lies ...

Although not safe for consumption, it offers insights into the chemical composition of interstellar space. Turns out, not just the Earth, even space has tonnes of alcohol! How? Like, as per ...

This cloudy region of space sits about 200 light-years from the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Here, a massive and dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust has collapsed on ...

The ten-year anniversary celebrations for director Christopher Nolan's epic science-fiction film Interstellar are showing no signs of abating. Not too long after the movie was re-released in ...