In the years following the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

In a study published in the Astrophysical Journal, a team of researchers led by Kristen McQuinn, a scientist at the Space ...

Leo P, a small galaxy and a distant neighbor of the Milky Way, is lighting the way for astronomers to better understand star ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have ...

By combining data from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys and the Gemini South telescope, astronomers have investigated three ...

In the modern universe, supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies and their host galaxies grow together. But this ...

"This is how you solve the universe-breaking problem." ...

A groundbreaking survey in Nature Astronomy reveals a surprising consensus among scientists: the majority believe that alien ...

The cores of galaxies may not be made of what we thought, new research suggests — they could hold one giant, invisible star ...

New measurements show that the expansion rate of the universe is faster than can be explained by our current understanding of ...

Jan. 13, 2025 — The name 'blue lurker' might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking ...