A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

If you look across space with a telescope, you’ll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

There is an important and unresolved tension in cosmology regarding the rate at which the universe is expanding, and ...

Our best theory of the universe might be breaking apart! The new data we're receiving from space telescopes is creating more ...

Depending on how you look at it, the universe might not have an "end," after all.

The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Astronomers have found the largest known object in the universe, and its over 1 billion lightyears long and hundreds of thousands times bigger than the Milky Way. Although space is ...

Observing the wonders of the night sky begins with selecting the right telescope. Join us on Nov. 20, 2025, at 9:00 am EST for Astronomy Unlocked: How to Choose Your Best Telescope. This virtual event ...

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

Molecules containing noble gases shouldn’t exist. By definition, these chemical elements — helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radon — are the party poopers of the periodic table, huddling in the ...