The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million years ...

Astronomers have been recording the signal for more than four decades, but this is the first time they've nabbed its origin.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope unveils 10 stunning images of forming stars, capturing mesmerising details of their birth, chaotic outflows, and glowing cosmic clouds in space.

Feb. 6, 2025 — A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in the cosmos. They are searching for dark matter using atomic ...

A "classification" is when a volunteer or citizen scientist finishes marking up or sorting one image or other piece of data.

Enhanced star formation rates in our galaxy during the past 2–4 Gyr is known from survey data, and this is likely linked to Sagittarius dwarf galaxy’s passage. Here, authors show an increase ...

A team of astronomers has identified a new polar cataclysmic variable, a rare type of binary star system featuring a highly ...

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Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way indicate there could be a supermassive black hole in the neighboring Large Magellanic ...

The radiation seems to come from local objects within the galaxy, and may be associated with oscillations of white dwarf or neutron stars. IN July 1967, a large radio telescope operating at a ...

Utilizing the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), this discovery enhances our understanding of the dynamics between dwarf galaxy evolution and black hole growth. It can also open up vast ...