The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the most distant galaxy observed to date — breaking its own record yet ...

This galaxy existed when the cosmos was just 2 percent of its current age. That means its light had to travel for 13.53 ...

In a remarkable observation deep in the cosmos, astronomers have captured an intense interaction between two galaxies that ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from the James Webb Space telescope (JWST) in an area of the sky called COSMOS ...

The pair — dueling it out 11 billion light-years away in space — has given astronomers their first detailed look at a galaxy ...

Astronomers caught a brutal act of cosmic violence for the first time—one galaxy piercing another with deadly radiation.

Deciphering the universe’s secrets is partly done through observation, but just as important are solid models of the forces ...

Want a glimpse of the vast cosmos? Tennesseans should keep an eye on the night sky to see the Milky Way in May.

In exploring various cultures’ Milky Way mythologies, Graur was struck by ancient Egyptian written sources that referenced the galaxy, such as the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, and the Book of Nut.

A 50-plus-year-old Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to return to Earth this weekend. Cosmos 482 was launched to space by the Soviet Union in March 1972, with the intent of landing on Venus to ...

The Milky Way galaxy is likely teeming with trillions of ... Organizations like the SETI Institute are similarly dedicated to exploring the cosmos for extraterrestrial neighbors.