Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies—tiny satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way—have long been seen as cosmic fossils. Now, a new ...

When a galaxy burns through its star-forming fuel at 100 times the rate of the Milky Way, you might expect it to simply run ...

Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest ...

New COLIBRE simulations show how cold gas and dust help galaxies evolve from the early universe to today. (CREDIT: Monthly ...

Scientists are grappling with a cosmic mystery: why does the Universe behave differently on massive scales compared to our ...

By tracking individual stars and exploding supernovas, astronomers discovered the strength of early ultraviolet glow ...

A new study suggests that most "post-starburst galaxies" cease star formation because they run out of fuel. But that's not ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has finished the most detailed survey of the universe to date, and the ...

A supermassive black hole, ULAS J1120+0641, outgrows its galaxy and disrupts the cosmic balance, revealing a mystery of the ...

For the last five years, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has been systematically scanning the night sky.