The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, chaotic bundles of turbulent gas, churned up by huge gulps of intergalactic gas, ...

One of those ground-based telescopes is the Rubin Observatory, named after famed astronomer Vera Rubin. Unlike other ...

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This weekend, the Adler Planetarium is taking visitors on two fascinating journeys — one exploring the science and mystery of ...

The most prominent clouds here are RCW 94, which represents the right wing of the bat, and RCW 95, which forms the body, while the other parts of the bat have no official designation. Credit: ...

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Researchers have believed that Segue 1, a puny galaxy orbiting the Milky Way just 75,000 light-years away, was packed with dark matter, a substance in space that doesn't shine or interact with light.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is expected to reappear soon after moving out of the Sun’s glare, allowing astronomers and skywatchers to observe its path and study its rare interstellar origins.

Theoretical physicist Alex Lupsasca is pushing for a space telescope to glimpse the thin ring of light that is thought to surround every black hole.

As a joke, she labelled it LGM 1 for “Little Green Men”, but the astronomers working on it did not really believe they had ...