Exoplanets have captured the imagination of the public and scientists alike and as the search continues for more, researchers ...

ESA’s decade-long Milky Way Gaia mapping mission still has tons of data to release over the next few years. Expect surprises.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to transform our understanding of the universe. By combining its advanced ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

High radiation during a time of frenzied star formation in the Milky Way left one stellar population with few chances to form planets, a study reports.

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

The galaxy, located in the constellation Leo, is about the same size as a star cluster within the Milky Way and is about the ...

We can judge the value of any scientific endeavour based on how much of our knowledge it overturns or transforms.

Watch the mesmerizing Tarantula Nebula video captured by the Hubble telescope, showcasing the most productive star-forming ...

About 100 years after astronomer Edwin Hubble's discovered the "magnificent" spiral nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope and ...

Leo P, a tiny galaxy, stopped making stars after the universe’s reionization. Unlike most galaxies, it restarted billions of ...

Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.