Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...
The quasar that powers this jet formed within the first 1.2 billion years of the universe's existence, when it was only 9% of ...
In the 1920s, astronomers thought that the Milky Way was the entire universe. Hubble's discovery revealed a much bigger ...
Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.
The Bullseye galaxy earned its nickname thanks to its wild number of rings. A smaller galaxy shot through its heart 50 ...
Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic ...
ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.
Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope spotted a cosmic Bullseye galaxy, revealing evidence of a rare kind of galactic collision.
Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.