Three enormous and peculiar radio light rings were discovered far, far outside our own galaxy, shedding more light on one of ...

How can a celestial object be bright and faint at the same time? The answer hinges on its surface brightness. In the case of ...

There is a mysterious glow coming from the middle of our galaxy – and scientists say it could help solve one of the ...

China's Wide Field Survey Telescope has captured an amazing view of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Credit: Space.com | footage ...

Yet much of the dust endures, likely cocooned by protective cooler gas pockets, according to the statement. Observing these dust grains as they move in and out of galaxies gives astronomers a new ...

Astronomy is increasingly becoming an online affair. Recent discoveries of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS and R2 SWAN have ...

Astronomers see no stars ejected from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, giving them important information about the Sgr A* black hole.

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) in an area of the sky called COSMOS ...

The universe contains an estimated 100 billion galaxies, with a potentially infinite number. NGC 5907, also known as the Splinter or Knife Edge Galaxy, is an SA(s)c galaxy viewed nearly edge-on, ...

New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy ...

Astronomers have discovered a tiny, ghostly galaxy in a remote corner of the universe, likely a cosmic castaway flung from ...

Despite appearing "dead"—i.e., forming no new stars—some red galaxies may secretly be alive, quietly birthing small stars under our noses. This is the conclusion of astronomy professor Charles ...