Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like the Milky Way - a spiral structure with a straight bar of stars and gas ...

In this distant system, two galaxies repeatedly charge at each other at speeds of 500 kilometers per second, colliding and recoiling in a spectacular dance.

New Moon brings excellent dark-sky conditions for observing galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters in the sky this week.

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a rapidly spinning neutron star that is gravitationally bound to a helium star ...

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.

In a discovery that has astronomers both captivated and perplexed, a mysterious perfectly-spherical object, dubbed 'Teleios,' ...

ESO said: "In the distant depths of the Universe, two galaxies are locked in a thrilling war. Over and over, they charge towards each other at speeds of 500 km/s on a violent collision course, only to ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new giant exoplanet around an M-dwarf star (GEMS). The ...

A team of astronomers discovered that planet-forming materials can survive and persist even in some of the most extreme ...

Scientific American spoke with the astronomer who has contributed to the discovery of two thirds of Saturn’s known moons ...

A new device uses quantum optics to filter out starlight in real time — bringing scientists closer to directly observing ...