"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

The galaxy's discovery challenges our understanding of how galaxies were formed in the early period after the Big Bang.

The discovery comes as a surprise to scientists, as they believed the formation of such well-organized spiral galaxies took ...

A new study reports a massive ancient galaxy. It formed when the universe was very young. The universe today is 13.8 billion ...

In fact, these jets often expand into wide plumes or “lobes” that fan out far above and below their host galaxies. The jets ...

Indian scientists have discovered an ancient and massive galaxy called Alaknanda. It looks similar to our Milky Way galaxy ...

Still, science being science, we needed proof—and we got it in 1992, when two astronomers found two planets orbiting a pulsar ...

The new study reports the detection of a mysterious halo-like glow of gamma rays around the Milky Way, peaking sharply at ...

Critics argue the satellites, billed as a way to harness solar energy at night, could hamper sky observations and may pose a ...

The mass of the Milky Way is one of the most fundamental measurements astronomers can make about our galactic home. However, despite decades of intense effort, even the best available estimates of the ...