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.

Astronomers have identified 300 ultra-rare black holes, potentially solving one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics—how ...

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

European Space Agency announced on Wednesday that the Einstein Probe satellite has captured a rare X-ray flash from an ...

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

Stars are born in dense molecular clouds, but did they always form this way? Recent research suggests that in the early ...

Astronomers have discovered that many infant stars born in stellar nurseries of the early universe may have preferred "fluffy" stellar blankets.

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 ...