Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the dynamic process of carbon-rich dust formation around Wolf ...

A radio telescope in South Africa has unearthed a giant galaxy—dubbed a "cosmic megastructure"—with plasma jets that measure ...

The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has officially ceased its scientific operations after 12 years of service ...

Hubble revealed a universe of galaxies that existed beyond ours — but he couldn't have done it without a little help.

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Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...

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Crucial to all life on Earth, the 15th element of phosphorus remains a real puzzle for astronomers. Specialized space ...

The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star ...

You may be stuck in the Milky Way but new research suggests the carbon that makes up your body took an intergalactic round ...

New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...