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.

First images of light from objects in the Universe are now recorded and split into thousands of colour components4MOST will investigate the formation ...

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 ...

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

He led a team of scientists who helped confirm that a Big Bang was the source of the universe. The discovery earned him a ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

New AI-enhanced images of Sgr A*, showing that our galaxy's black hole spins rapidly and tilts slightly toward Earth.

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...