Galaxies are often described as vast star factories, churning out new suns from clouds of gas. For decades, astronomers have assumed that the more raw material a galaxy holds, the more stars it should ...

On what might have been the proudest day of Jack Burns’s long career in astronomy, he was sitting on a beach. Orbital ...

But when scientists peer very far back, they find conundrums. JWST observations of the distant past are at odds with ...

The interstellar medium in our Milky Way galaxy is magnetic, can be compressed, and is turbulent. It affects important ...

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

Satellite images of the Red Planet suggest scientists were wrong about these strange Martian features.

Utilizing advanced imaging techniques, researchers at the Chinese National Astronomical Observatories determined that the ...

A 2,300-year-old Chinese star chart challenges the origins of astronomy—sparking debate among experts about its true age.

Using new observations with the ALMA telescope array in Chile, researchers have compiled the most precise map of three regions in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone to date, providing valuable ...

They found that the ancient star chart actually dates to 355 B.C. — 250 years earlier than previously thought — and that it ...

The Allen Institute today announced the launch of CellScapes, a bold new research initiative aimed at revolutionizing how scientists understand and predict the behavior of human cells as they work ...

Apples-to-apples comparisons in the distant universe are hard to come by. Whether the subject is dwarf galaxies, supermassive ...