An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

The image of Zhúlóng, the most distant spiral galaxy discovered to date. It has remarkably well-defined spiral arms, a central old bulge, and a large star-forming disk, resembling the structure of the ...

Compared with the all-too-brief lifespan of 100 or so years for humans — and even less for most plants and animals — the age of the known universe is mindbogglingly long. Currently estimated to be ...

Astronomers have discovered a new type of object that is a starless cloud that failed to form as a galaxy. Here's what to ...

Astronomers have long estimated that ordinary matter – basically, anything other than dark matter – makes up only a fraction of the known universe. The conclusion stemmed from a complex calculation ...

Scientists have discovered the most powerful blasts of energy in the known universe. Dubbed extreme nuclear transients, or ENTs, the cosmic explosions are unprecedented in their intensity. They happen ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an object they've dubbed 'Big Wheel,' a gargantuan galaxy spinning through the early universe and growing larger by the second. When ...

Ordinary matter – basically, anything other than dark matter – makes up about 15% of all matter. But half of it has long been missing. Powerful bursts of radio waves emanating from 69 locations in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2022, has discovered something that may shatter current theories about the universe's early development. The new result does not affect the big bang theory, ...

Black holes are often considered terrors of the known universe. Supermassive black holes are regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light doesn't have enough energy to ...

The universe stretches beyond anything we can truly comprehend, filled with galaxies, stars, and cosmic wonders. But what if there is actually an edge,a boundary beyond which nothing is known? This ...