The oldest stars in the Milky Way are forcing a fresh look at one of cosmology’s biggest arguments. If some of them are about ...

"We are really pushing the edges, and are seeing things that are more massive, spinning faster, and are more astrophysically ...

The space between galaxies is not empty. In a new map of the early universe, those “blank” stretches take on a faint, ...

The discovery of the universe’s oldest stars, identified within our own Milky Way galaxy, marks a significant leap forward in our understanding of cosmic history. These ancient stars, formed shortly ...

Astronomers using the MeerKAT telescope discovered a hydroxyl megamaser in a galactic merger 8 billion light-years away, amplified by gravitational lensing and operating at radio wavelengths.

Finding Earth-like planets orbiting sun-like stars and identifying signs of life such as oxygen or water is a major goal in ...

The solar system is projecting with gold but scientists can't quite figure out where all this hard-to-make metal is being created.

Big philosophical questions, like… what keeps our universe in balance? From our perspective here on earth, the universe seems ...

Astronomers produced the most complete map of the center of the Milky Way, which can provide insight into how stars and ...

Dieter Moeller invested millions in high-tech telescopes and an observatory to house them in Adams County. Now, he's ready to share it all with astronomy lovers like him.

The jellyfish galaxy in question. The dashed circles mark the four extra-planar sources that are identified in the galaxy’s tail. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal. Astronomers ...

Astronomers are working to capture the first-ever video of a black hole — a groundbreaking effort that could shed light on how these enigmatic cosmic objects behave and offer clues about the origins ...