The question of what triggers the extremely rapid star formation within Hyper Luminous Infrared Galaxies (HyLIRGs), as yet unknown, is...
Quasars are extremely luminous galactic cores where gas and dust falling into a central supermassive black hole emit enormous amounts...
The qualities and behavior of dark matter, the invisible “glue” of the universe, continue to be shrouded in mystery. Though...
An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades...
A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant observations,...
Black holes are remarkable astronomical objects with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape them. The most...
Galaxies avoid an early death because they have a “heart and lungs” which effectively regulate their “breathing” and prevent them...
It’s time to take a cosmic road trip using light as the highway and visit four stunning destinations across space....
Newly identified fast-moving stars in the star cluster Omega Centauri provide solid evidence for a central black hole in the...
Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system...
An exoplanet infamous for its deadly weather has been hiding another bizarre feature—it reeks of rotten eggs, according to a...
A team of astronomers has identified a temperate exoplanet as a promising super-Earth ice or water world. The findings, led...
