A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

"Thanks to the high resolution of our new images, we detected a faint structure on the northeast side of this supernova ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Science's National Astronomical Observatories has found ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

Astronomers found a fast-moving 'zombie star' in the Milky Way. This magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, has a strong magnetic ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is ...