In a groundbreaking study, astronomers led by Natsuki H. Hayatsu have serendipitously uncovered an ultra-luminous infrared ...

A galaxy lurking in the far reaches of the Universe, a mere 600 million years after the Big Bang, is giving us our best ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

(THE CONVERSATION) If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might just be able to spot the ...

Astronomers have traced the hidden fingerprints of dark matter by observing rare, glowing galaxies that lived in the early ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of Sagittarius B2, a massive star-forming region near the Milky Way galaxy’s center.

A new collage from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals eight dazzling examples of gravitational lensing.

The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a ...

The carbon that is a key component of the human body—and all other lifeforms on Earth—may have traveled outside the galaxy after being created before returning on a cosmic "conveyor belt," an author ...