Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance of ...

Astronomers have identified the most pristine star ever observed, located in the Milky Way's halo. This ancient star, with ...

When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...

Interstellar dust may be not just cosmic "debris", but a key carrier of amino acids, the building blocks of life. A study by ...

A new collage from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals eight dazzling examples of gravitational lensing.

Astronomers have recently uncovered an extraordinary star, SDSS J0715-7334, which may be the most “pristine” object ever ...

Disney's Star Wars sequel trilogy did not feature the character, though canon spin-off novel Aftermath: Empire's End, which ...

Galaxy rotation curves have been confounding astronomers for decades. Stars on the peripheries of galaxies rotate faster than visible matter can account for.

Scientists have begun to unravel the origin story of a cataclysmic collision between two black holes, which seem to have met ...

In a groundbreaking study published inNature Astronomy, astronomers have identified the lowest-mass dark object ever ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have found the universe’s first “dark stars.” Within the first few ...

We evolved to band together and to use the power of numbers in social living. Modern internet trolling is an amplified ...