Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just ...

The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.

Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes.

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...

Take a cosmic journey through 8 breathtaking black hole images shared by NASA, revealing the mysterious beauty and immense ...

Scientists have found evidence for a cosmic collision in the Perseus cluster, a group of thousands of galaxies not far from ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have found an extremely ancient galaxy piercing through a thick blanket of ...

“The bottom line is there’s been no big movement,” Blair Brandt, GOP fundraiser and husband to Margit; he’s also her chief ...

X-ray: NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ./F. Yusef-Zadeh et al; Radio: NRF/SARAO/MeerKat; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk ...

These May nights provide the skywatcher impressive views of galactic clusters unimpeded by the Milky Way, the chance to study exoplanets and the opportunity to refresh one’s perspectives.

At the time of the Big Bang, the universe contained only the lightest elements: hydrogen, helium, and a dash of lithium.