A high school student in New York has stumbled onto a massive discovery — a cosmic light echo possibly spanning twice the ...

"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of precious life in it?" A cosmic anomaly detected in a distant galaxy could ...

Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we ...

Deep observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed an exceptionally large galaxy in the early ...

Aterrifying glimpse of a possible fate for our galaxy, the Milky Way, has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic anomaly that challenges our understanding of the universe. An ...

A team of astronomers has stumbled upon a humungous spiral galaxy, about five times more massive than our Milky Way galaxy and covering an area two ...

While sifting out signatures of supernova remnants, a high-schooler stumbled upon the afterglow of a dormant black hole. It ...

Scientists have discovered a star-smothering black hole energy jet tearing through a galaxy similar to the Milky Way.

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic anomaly that challenges our understanding of the universe. An international ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A radio-wave map of the Milky Way's turbulent center, taken with the MeerKAT telescope.