Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We learn more and more about our universe all the time, but there’s recently been a huge spike in stunning cosmic observations. An ...

Astronomers using the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have discovered the most distant hydroxyl megamaser ever ...

Fifteen years ago today, the roar of engines and a pillar of fire lit up the Florida sky as Space Shuttle Discovery began its ...

You know that feeling when you find something hiding right where you've been looking all along? Astronomers just had that ...

Space has a way of making scientists throw out their textbooks. Just when astronomers think they understand how the universe works, a telescope captures something that doesn’t fit any existing theory.

Scientists discovered a distant jellyfish galaxy with star-forming "tails" stretching back 8.5 billion years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Well, you’ve done it again, Universe. You’ve gone and given us another batch of top-notch discoveries. We guess we should thank ...

James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared view capturing some of the oldest galaxies ever observed, revealing new insights into early galaxy formation and cosmic history. Pixabay, WikiImages The James ...

A newly discovered galaxy with glowing star-filled "tentacles" is rewriting parts of cosmic history.

Taikonauts from the ill-fated Shenzhou-20 mission have described what happened when they discovered cracks on their ...

A rare jellyfish galaxy discovered by JWST is offering clues about how galaxies died in the early universe.

Astronomers at The University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new cosmic object that is much larger than anything astronomers have seen before in the distant universe.