The sheer number of possibilities adds to the probability of an abundance of life in the universe. A basic extrapolation of the Kepler data on the number of exoplanets in our galaxy alone suggests ...

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

A USC-led research team has created a series of supercomputer-simulated twins of our Milky Way galaxy—which could help ...

Abell S1063 is so massive that the light from distant galaxies bends around it, allowing it to act as a magnifying glass to ...

The galaxy is a vibrant orange disk, dubbed the Big Wheel. Its life began within the universe’s first two billion years of existence; given the cosmos’ near-14-billion-year existence ...