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

Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have ...

The JWST has spotted Alaknanda, a massive, well-formed grand-design spiral galaxy that existed just 1.5 billion years after ...

From ROSAT’s long-archived X-ray data emerged Quipu—a 1.4-billion-light-year cosmic filament containing 68 galaxy clusters and 200 quadrillion solar masses. This colossal structure now challenges, ...

Predicting the future of the universe by extending what we see today is extrapolation. It's risky, because something ...

Following its birth as a 1978 BBC Radio sitcom through its many and varied adaptations, Douglas Adams ’ The Hitchhikers’ ...

The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose ...

On Black Hole Friday, we spotlight the work of astrophysicist Chung-Pei Ma, whose research is transforming our understanding ...

A newly proposed type of supermassive black hole surrounded by a dense gas shell may account for the small red dots seen in ...

In 1999, Belgian physicist Chris Van Den Broeck implemented a minor alteration to Alcubierre’s concept by shrinking the ...

A Star Trek–inspired idea by Miguel Alcubierre kicked off decades of theory and experiments as scientists pursue plausible ...

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy experience has officially opened its doors and is now inviting guests to get ready for ...