The ACES survey has produced the largest ALMA image to date, mapping the Milky Way's core in unprecedented detail ...

Growing up in Midland, Nikki Nielsen didn't necessarily imagine she would be traveling around the world, let alone making breakthrough discoveries in the field of galaxy exploration at the same time.

An international team of scientists led by the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the ...

No need for hyperdrive: Scientists have released an “expansion pack” for a virtual tour of the universe that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own computer. The latest version of the publicly ...

Astronomers have successfully charted a colossal cluster of galaxies, extending billions of light years. This unprecedented exploration into cosmic structures could provide new insights into the ...

In a world that often measures itself in days, years, decades and centuries, a second seems insignificant. But a lot can happen in an instant. It takes a lightning bolt just 30 microseconds to strike ...

The distribution of HI hydrogen in the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) as determined by the THINGS VLA survey extends far beyond the visible stars in the galaxy and its satellite NGC 5195 (marked by cross), ...

The beauty of space: Throughout the centuries, various catalogs of galaxies and other cosmic objects have been published. Now, thanks to digital technology, we have a new publicly accessible archive ...

"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black holes at their centers are growing." When you purchase through links on our ...

The universe is filled with galaxies, and many really faint galaxies are interesting objects from an astrophysical point of view, but they offer backyard observers with amateur telescopes quite a ...

The Hubble Telescope viewed a distant galaxy whose light appears to contradict some of the most common rules of quantum physics. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...