Early in the story of the universe, long before galaxies like the Milky Way were expected to take shape, astronomers have now ...

Stars appear noticeably brighter and more sharply defined during winter nights compared with other seasons, a phenomenon that is especially clear in December, January and February, according to the ...

In Part 2 of his story, Benita Albert tells of astronomer Bob Benjamin's career, including teaching and now being a NASA consultant.

In honour of the winter solstice, the Foothills Spiritual Life Centre has created a solstice spiral, inviting visitors of all beliefs to walk the path and reflect as the year comes to a close. Sunday, ...

This mash-up of data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals two galaxies mid-collision ...

Rewards are more valuable by making use of this simple philosophy: control, timing, and customization. The closer in proximity the reward is to the performance in question, the more powerful the ...

In this episode of Moving Medicine, learn about the potential benefits and challenges of a new outcome-aligned payment model ...

Taken together, these studies illustrate that the Milky Way’s spiral arms are not just smooth arcs of stars, but dynamic, ...

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China Collaborative Innovation Center of Sustainable Energy Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology, ...

This spiral galaxy, named Alaknanda, is changing what astronomers think about how — and when — such objects form.

Indian astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a stunning grand-design spiral galaxy that remarkably resembles our Milky Way, yet it existed when the Universe was ...

The discovery of one of the most distant spiral galaxies ever observed, challenges the current theories of how quickly galaxies can emerge and acquire such complex cosmic structures.