A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier ...

Using some of the world's most powerful telescopes, a team of researchers found more than 280 galaxies stretched in a line ...

Indian astronomers have identified a surprisingly mature, Milky Way-like galaxy from the universe’s early era. Named ...

About 4.5 million years ago, a great cosmic dog kicked past our Solar System – and its effects may still be seen today.

Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared gaze towards Sagittarius B2, the largest star-forming region in the ...

SF franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and even Battlestar Galactica or The Expanse receive a lot of credit for their ship ...

Skywatchers will have a lot to look at in the night skies over Alabama in December. A super moon, a meteor shower and a comet ...

Duelling prairie chickens, a snake-mimicking moth and a once-a-year sunrise at the South Pole feature in the best images from ...

A giant rotating filament of the cosmic web may be the largest spinning structure ever seen, and could help reveal how ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is making its closest-ever pass in December. Learn about this mysterious space outsider, its ...