Astronomers have witnessed a violent space collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense radiation, inhibiting the formation of new stars in the 'wounded' galaxy. Stunning images ...

The asteroid will pass at a distance of 6.68 million kilometres from Earth, which is roughly 17 times closer than the distance between Earth and the Moon. Astronomers consider such proximity a close ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

Astronomers have discovered a remarkable planetary system that challenges long-held assumptions about where planets can ...

Small companion galaxies around our neighboring Andromeda galaxy appear to stretch and point toward Earth in a fascinating ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shattered another cosmic record, detecting the most distant galaxy ever observed—MoM-z14—just 280 million years after the Big Bang. This remarkable ...

Astronomers have calculated that the gas giant Jupiter used to be twice as big as it is now, based on the odd orbits of two ...

Over the decades, physicists have compiled various lists of the most important fundamental constants. Generally, there are a ...

According to their work, Jupiter's radius was once two to two-and-a-half times its current radius—large enough to contain ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, was once so big that it could have held ...

Astronomers recently received photographic evidence of movement on the surface of Mars. Here's how they got it.

Astronomers have for the first time observed a violent cosmic collision dubbed the 'cosmic joust.' This dramatic encounter involving two galaxies 11 billion light years away, ...