After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" ...

It is not surprising that there are regions that are more densely populated by galaxies, and regions that are less populated.

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

In this video narrated by Elizabeth Landau, hear how NASA’s SPHEREx mission will map the entire sky in over 100 infrared colors, combining a wide field of view with spectral imaging to explore the ...

In a significant astronomical discovery, researchers found three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, offering new insights into the ...

A unique dataset of Type Ia supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of ...

"Vera Rubin provided the first evidence for dark matter using the rotation curves of nearby local galaxies. We're using the same technique but now in the early universe," said Silverman.

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

A new telescope could launch as early as late February. SPHEREx will look into deep space and also search for organic ...

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the ...

With these observations, astronomers have valuable new insights into when the first jets formed in the Universe and how they impacted the evolution of galaxies. From decades of astronomical ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...