Voluminous clouds of cosmic dust permeate our galaxy, but only recently has software allowed detailed observations of the ...

Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.

Observations about the directions in which galaxies turn have a head-spinning implication: our entire Universe might exist ...

New research suggests black holes may transition into 'white holes', ejecting matter and potentially even time back into the universe, defying our current understanding of these cosmic giants.

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of Messier 87 and its shadow. Event Horizon ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed that most distant galaxies rotate in a preferred direction. Data from the ...

A major discovery on the outskirts of Andromeda is shaking up our understanding of galactic evolution. Astronomers have found the dimmest and smallest satellite galaxy yet—Andromeda XXXV—forcing them ...

A new study looking at observations by the JWST of the early universe has thrown up a new and intriguing mystery; the ...

A new study suggests that dark matter could be shaping cosmic chemistry, with a proposed self-annihilating dark matter ...

At the center of our galaxy, hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the black hole Sagittarius A* rotates rapidly, ...

Understanding the evolution of radio galaxies is crucial for unravelling the broader processes that shape the universe.