The VLT captures a stunning infrared view of Sagittarius C, exposing a rich field of young stars. This breakthrough provides ...

Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the ...

How does the universe work? What are black holes, neutron stars, and dark energy? This video attempts to explain astrophysics ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Quipu, Hercules, Serpens–Corona Borealis and Sculptor–Pegasus are all larger than the fifth and final superstructure ...

Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human-like lifeforms could arise as a logical consequence of a planet’s development — contradicting the long-held “hard ...

On this day in 2015, a Durham University student was among five Britons shortlisted for a one-way trip to Mars, aiming to ...

New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.

As civilizations advance, they may need to migrate across the galaxy, and some researchers speculate they could use their own stars as massive engines. New research explores the possibility of a ...

The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...

Euclid space telescope sent some images back to Earth during an early testing phase. While reviewing the pictures, astronomer ...