Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the universe. It pulled in gas and small companion...

An international team of scientists has uncovered new clues about how stars lived and died billions of years ago by studying one of the...

Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries in modern science. Astronomers believe it makes up most of the matter in the universe, yet nobody...

A massive valley on Mars may hold some of the strongest evidence yet that enormous floods once rushed across the red planet billions of...

Astronomers have directly observed how turbulent gas and charged particles floating between stars can bend and distort light traveling across the galaxy. The discovery gives...

A giant galaxy cluster once thought to be one of the calmest places in the universe is now revealing signs of a violent past. Astronomers...

When you think of outer space, you're likely picturing stars, planets and moons. But much of space is filled with clouds of gas, plasma...

A galaxy may look calm and stable from far away, but new research suggests it can actually behave in surprisingly chaotic ways. Scientists at Leiden...

A great Tyrannosaurus rex strides through the conifer trees of her territory, sniffing the air. She picks up the scent from the carcass of a...

For decades, scientists searching for life beyond Earth have focused on one big question: what kinds of molecules should they look for on other...

For years, planets orbiting two stars have seemed more like science fiction than reality. The most famous example is probably Tatooine, the desert world from...

For more than 700 years, Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy has been celebrated as one of the greatest works of literature ever written. Most readers...

When the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft discovered abundant molecular oxygen bursting from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) in 2015, it puzzled scientists. They had never seen...

The largest magnetic fields in the universe may have found themselves charged up when the first stars began to shine, according to new research. Magnetic...

Astronomers have made a discovery that looks like something out of science fiction: a rare “Einstein Cross” with an extra image that shouldn’t exist. This...

A lot is known about galaxies. We know, for instance, that the stars within them are shaped from a blend of old star dust and...

In an exciting journey of exploring our cosmic backyard and beyond, the European Space Agency's Gaia mission has given us a vibrant palette of...