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

In research published today, Australian scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the universe. The research, made possible by ...

Astronomers in Australia have created the largest and most detailed low-frequency radio image ever made of the Milky Way, ...

An array of 350 radio telescopes in the Karoo desert of South Africa is getting closer to detecting the “cosmic dawn” — the era after the Big Bang when stars first ignited and galaxies began to bloom.

An international team of researchers led by the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) has shed light on a ...

The mission’s first large set of survey data is a treasure trove for clues about the history of the universe. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes The Euclid space telescope is on a mission to map ...

The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment. We see it as a luminous line stretching across the night sky, composed of ...

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of ...

The Fermi Paradox, first devised by physicist Enrico Fermi in the 1950s, asks why we haven’t detected alien civilization yet, despite the vast universe teeming with countless potentially habitable ...