Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a new type of cosmic object, a cloud of dark matter and gas ...

A study of supernova remnant SNR 0519-69.0 using the Chandra X-ray telescope, Hubble and more has narrowed down its age to ...

Several telescopes used to observe the supernova SN Zwicky which was magnified nearly 25 times by a foreground galaxy acting ...

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Tom ...

Scientists have theorized that dark matter clumps exist in staggering numbers, far more than the galaxies we see. Only clumps ...

The Virgo cluster, despite being millions of light-years away, closest large galaxy cluster to Earth. The Virgo galaxy ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky and a familiar landmark in the constellation Orion. It has also ...

Astronomers have directly observed a spinning black hole twisting spacetime, confirming a century-old prediction of ...

This ESA/Hubble picture highlights another view of a distant stellar birthplace. Captured in a parallel field to a recently ...

The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247) is being held Jan. 4 to Jan. 8 and will feature remarkable ...

NASA Hubble data show stripped gas surrounding edge-on galaxy NGC 4388 in the Virgo cluster, revealing ionized plumes and structural details from black hole activity and cluster interactions.