When we observe distant celestial objects, there is a possible catch: Is that star I am observing really as reddish as it ...

The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...

Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the stuff at scale.

Blazars are active galaxies that emit narrow jets of ionized matter from their centers, aimed towards Earth. Depending on ...

A new study looking at observations by the JWST of the early universe has thrown up a new and intriguing mystery; the majority of galaxies appear to be rotating in the same direction. This finding, ...

There is a supermassive black hole at the centre of nearly every big galaxy - including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in the ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say these ...

NASA launched a new space telescope to explore the origins of the universe. The SPHEREx mission, which stands for ...

Astronomers have found an unexpectedly bright and chemically complex galaxy from the first 300 million years of the ...

NASA’s SPHEREx mission has successfully communicated with Earth, marking the start of an ambitious journey to map the cosmos.

Researchers have identified a galaxy that existed when the universe was less than 300 million years old. This galaxy, known ...

A discovery made by a team led by researchers at the University of Michigan tugs at the seams of some key cosmic lessons we ...