A stellar nursery in the Small Magellanic Cloud — a tiny galaxy that orbits our Milky Way — is surprisingly dusty. All rocky planets start as dust grains floating in space. That means the amount of ...

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What is the biggest object in the universe? Learn more about the biggest objects in the universe, including galaxies, galaxy clusters, and dark matter.

Scientists found where the universe’s missing matter went. Black holes have been pushing it far away from galaxies.

On July 12 NASA revealed stunning first images taken by its James Webb Space Telescope. For scientists, the release of these images will lead to a better understanding of the history and formation of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled magnificent new images from its Euclid space telescope, representing the agency's first scientific discoveries from early observations. The project, which ...

JWST spotted carbon in a small galaxy that we see as it existed just 350 million years after the Big Bang. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

A monster galaxy from the early universe shows that the cosmos was rich with oxygen when it was only less than 3% of its present age, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how ...

A team of astronomers have found a mysterious object in the distant universe that could be dark matter or an inactive smaller ...

Could a lonely planet wander aimlessly through the restless galaxy change the subtle dance of gravity within our solar system ...