A spiral galaxy, shaped much like our Milky Way, has been found in an era when astronomers believed such well-formed galaxies ...

Astronomers have recently identified a cosmic structure so vast that it challenges our understanding of the universe’s scale. Named Quipu, this colossal filament spans 1.3 billion light-years, making ...

Scientists have released a new study on the arXiv preprint server that catalogs the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates.

For years, scientists have worked to chart the universe’s massive structure, aiming to test key models of cosmology. These efforts also help uncover how galaxies form and change over time. While most ...

Whether the Universe will 'end' at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity's cosmic ...

A baby galaxy is throwing one heck of a tantrum, and it's shaking up our understanding of the earliest galaxies.

A monster galaxy from the early universe shows that the cosmos was rich with oxygen when it was only less than 3% of its present age, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how ...

Scientists have released a new study that catalogues the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies. These clusters are some of the largest known objects in the universe — and they can help ...