Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted "seeds of life" molecules around a protostar 160,000 light years from Earth.

A new instrument on the four-metre VISTA telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile has recently captured its ...

The study notes that if excess gamma light is not from dying stars, it could become the first proof that dark matter exists.

By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

A recent detection from JWST is being widely discussed. The discoverers suggest that it might be an incredible record-breaker ...

Astrophysicists have discovered five different carbon-based compounds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking a first in ...

Astronomers have found new evidence that mysterious dark matter may be responsible for the unusual glow of high-energy gamma ...

Scientists are attributing the mysterious, diffuse glow at our galaxy's center to dark matter, a phenomenon usually linked ...

Astronomers have found complex organic ice outside the Milky Way for the first time. The discovery shows that the building blocks of life could arise ...

The giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M87), in the constellation Virgo, possesses near its center a supermassive black hole ...

Stargazers in Essex can enjoy a mysterious glow in the Milky Way, which scientists say could be the answer in a hunt to prove dark matter exists.