Centuries before other galaxies were known to exist, astronomers called them “spiral nebulas.” Today the defunct term still ...

Scientists estimate over 100 billion galaxies in the universe, each unique in shape and size, revealing the vastness of cosmic creation.

See composites created using James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory imagery. A pair of galaxies, a nebula, ...

The Vespera app unlocks a universe with powerful tools. Queue up cosmic targets and look at the results whenever you like.

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The discovery of a superheated star factory that forms stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way could help solve a ...

The discovery indicates how galaxies could have grown quickly when the universe was very young, solving a long-standing ...

Last week, four lasers were projected into the sky above the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Paranal site in Chile. The ...

It’s long been assumed that if alien civilisations do exist, they’re a hell of a lot smarter than we are. And yet, whilst a ...

In the last two to three years the world of amateur telescopes has been turned on its head. The advances in technology have ...

Our astrotourism columnist visited the Oregon Outback for night-sky photography, but found something even more remarkable ...