In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Ancient ‘white dwarf’ stars explode and die in more ways than was thought, and observing these violent cosmic deaths could ...

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old girl inside a Queens home on ...

Despite its whimsical name, Quipu (pronounced “kee-poo”) is the largest confirmed superstructure in the universe to date in ...

Elon Musk's internet satellites have been a game changer for people in rural areas, but scientists are alarmed that plans to ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

The dazzling spiral galaxy in this Hubble Space Telescope image is UGC 5460, located about 60 million light-years away in the ...

How do you cool down a phoenix? I don't mean the mythological birds of flame and rebirth, but rather a cosmic namesake with a fittingly fiery nature.

The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...