A pair of quasars that existed when the universe was only 3 billion years old has been spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in ...

NASA confirms interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet, not an alien artefact. Its nickel and CO2-rich chemistry suggests it's pre-Sun matter, offering unique insights into ancient star ...

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

The NSF NOIRLab-operated Gemini North telescope captured stunning imagery of galaxies UGC 12914 and UGC 12915, aka 'Taffy ...

Although NGC 1511 is striking in appearance, it is not the kind of galaxy most would hope to live beside. Featured in this ...

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First image from Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unverified feature of galaxy M61 that may explain its mysterious properties. Mere months after its long-awaited debut, the Vera C. Rubin ...

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