Galaxies are among the most breathtaking structures in the universe, ranging from elegant spirals to massive elliptical ...

The MeerKAT telescope is located in the Karoo region of South Africa, is made up of 64 radio dishes and is operated and managed by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. It’s a precursor to ...

A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

Ring galaxies are some of the rarest galaxies found throughout our universe, and for years scientists have scratched their heads, trying to figure out exactly how these galaxies came to be.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Astronomers with John Hopkins University have created an interactive map of the ...

Rare ultra-faint dwarf galaxies beyond the influence of other galaxies show evidence that star formation was stifled long ago ...

A new computational method gleans more information than its predecessors from maps showing how galaxies are clustered and threaded throughout the universe.

A fast radio burst, or a strong pulse of energy, was tracked to a distant long-dead galaxy that astronomers never thought could produce such a signal.

We’re talking unopened packs of trading cards, all kinds of toys, a script from the first movie in 1977 autographed by Darth ...

A new preprint study has taken a closer look at the "universe-breaking" Little Red Dot galaxies discovered in the early universe, potentially compounding the mystery surrounding them. JWST has ...

An image shows six of the "little red dot" galaxies seen by JWST in the early universe. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Dale Kocevski (Colby College)) "The little red dots also show some ...