Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Messier 83 galaxy. Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument detected highly ...

Part of the challenge when it comes to researching the existence of alien life is knowing where to look. Until relatively recently, the focus for Nasa’s search for life was Mars, but that began to ...

Astronomers are applying new image-processing techniques to previously released Hubble observations in honor of the space ...

Astronomers raised hopes that humanity might not be alone in the universe by announcing on Thursday they have detected the ...

How can astronomers pierce through the interstellar fog of the Milky Way—not to study distant objects, but to understand the ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

There is a large diversity in the chemical composition of astronomical objects such as planets, comets, circumstellar ...

A new model has been developed to simulate interstellar activity within our solar system and the nearby Alpha Centauri system ...

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals turbulent environments found in Sagittarius C, a core part of our Milky Way galaxy.

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan were surprised by their study results, which they say are "indisputable." ...

These icy bodies contain organic molecules — and don’t fall into any known category of celestial object we’ve seen before.

Astronomers have discovered that the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy, is being torn apart by the gravitational ...