NASA's SPHEREx is exploring the galaxies to answer the question of where we all come from while sending back jaw-dropping ...

A compilation of various images from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the effects of gravitational lensing caused by dark ...

For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

ORCs are vast, faint rings of radio energy that surround galaxies and can be detected only in radio wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. They are made up of fast-moving, magnetized plasma.

A powerful new telescope in outback Australia has mapped vast areas of the universe in record-breaking time, revealing a million new galaxies and opening the way to new discoveries, the country's ...

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The nearby satellite galaxy M32 can also be seen as a bright ball on the upper edge of Andromeda's disk while the milky ...

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, ...

The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.

What would a bucket full of deep space contain? Richard LivitskiSeal Beach, California One would think that this excellent ...

10 supernova explosions have been seen brightening the Fireworks Galaxy over the past century. Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining ...