A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Astronomers have uncovered a colossal disk galaxy in the early universe, a structure so large and well-formed that it ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

The galaxy is a vibrant orange disk, dubbed the Big Wheel. Its life began within the universe’s first two billion years of ...

"We thought they were basically all going to be fried because the entire universe turned into a vat of boiling oil." ...

The cosmos holds many secrets, and recent discoveries continue to astound even seasoned experts. Scientists have detected ...

XRISM has uncovered how galaxy clusters evolve—violent mergers create turbulence, preventing hot gas from cooling. This ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever found. It’s 13.4 billion light-years away from Earth, according to new research.

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

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered the Firefly Sparkle galaxy, a young cosmic entity that may resemble the Milky ...

Scientists have discovered oxygen and heavy elements in JADES-GS-z14-0, the most distant known galaxy. This suggests galaxies ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with complementary data from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), have discovered a surprisingly large reservoir ...