A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a miniature galaxy, new research suggests.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured the rare image of NGC 602, which is a star cluster that lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way.

The Einstein Probe, using its innovative lobster-eye X-ray telescope, has captured an ultra-rare celestial event — a bright X ...

New evidence suggests that conditions in the early universe may have shaped star formation in surprising ways.

“The data indicates that the youngest stars form in filaments of gas,” Loeb said. “Subsequently the gas cools and fragments ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have captured a stunning image of Leo P, a small, isolated dwarf galaxy ...

"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

A newly discovered galaxy is challenging what scientists thought they knew about galactic collisions. Located 567 million ...

Scientists using DESI discovered thousands of hidden black holes in dwarf galaxies, changing our understanding of space.

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...

On May 27, the Wide-field X-ray Telescope detected X-rays from a new source, labeled EP J0052. Follow-up observations were conducted using the probe's Follow-up X-ray Telescope, as well as NASA's ...

Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole, more ...