In a groundbreaking study published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomers have discovered high-velocity gas clouds near ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has produced a new image of the Bullet Cluster, which is a titanic collision between ...

When it comes to star formation, not all galaxies are the same. Some are quenched, meaning they've depleted their star ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 6946 in Cygnus has seen 10 supernovae in the past century, earning it the nickname the Fireworks Galaxy ...

The highly inclined barred spiral M108 in Ursa Major is sometimes called the Surfboard Galaxy. It's not to be missed.

Unusually fast-moving gas clouds near a nearby galaxy suggest they may have come from outside the galaxy. Scientists have ...

Created as a tribute to dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin, the image was created with the aid of a vast array of telescopes.

Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...

Galaxies shine in a rainbow of emissions from gas, dust, and stars. Each of these building blocks emits light at specific ...

More than a decade in the making, the Vera Rubin Observatory finally released its first image as its begins its ...

The latest science news on astronomy, space, and astrophysics. Topics. Week's top; ... A new result from the molecular gas survey in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 using the Atacama Large ...

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions ...