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 ...

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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 ...

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

A groundbreaking new study proposes that black holes, which absorb everything into an inescapable void, may eventually transition into “white holes” that eject matter and energy into the cosmos.

The James Webb Space Telescope has found perhaps its most profound discovery to date. The uncovered preferred direction for ...

Analysis - There is a supermassive black hole at the centre of nearly every big galaxy - including ours, the Milky Way (it's called Sagittarius A*). Supermassive black holes are the densest objects in ...

Since its launch a little over three years ago, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the ...