The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And ...

For the first time, an international research team led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy ...

Learn about the closest black hole from Earth, Gaia BH1. This recently discovered black hole is dormant, but it’s only 1,600 ...

A distant chemical signature, captured by the infrared eye of the James Webb Space Telescope, has just opened a new window ...

Physicists show knotted cosmic strings may have dominated the early universe before collapsing to create matter—a theory ...

Located only 56 million light-years away in Ursa Major, NGC 4102 gives astronomers a nearby target to study how these active cores impact their host galaxies.

We measure the “warmness” of the dark matter, i.e. the comoving root-mean-square thermal velocity v hrms (1) , with nearly 3000 spiral galaxy rotation curves in the ...

Daevid Allen’s appointed replacement on keeping the spirituality alive without becoming overwhelmed, the respectful use of acid, and the late band leader’s similarity to Cardiacs’ Tim Smith ...