With the advent of commercial spaceflight, an increasing number of people may be heading into space in the coming years. Some ...

Citizen scientists have found several new "odd radio circlesORCs were first identified only six years ago, in 2019, by Anna ...

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have ...

Late October presents a perfect opportunity to spot the ancient light of the Andromeda galaxy as it climbs high overhead to ...

Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones.

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared instruments (NIRCam & MIRI) have delivered imagery of ...

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

Elliptical galaxies instead tend to be older, more massive, and with stars distributed not in a nice little disk, but in a ...

Astronomers have detected a mysterious dark object in the distant universe — and its size has them fascinated.

Scientists imaged the heart of the OJ 287 galaxy, uncovering a curved plasma jet around what appears to be two merging ...

For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the universe. However, a new study suggests they might not exist at all. Instead, what we perceive as dark ...

Once upon a time, in a land far away, there was the ultimate 1990s family package holiday destination – Walt Disney World, ...