"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky Way came into being." ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter, revealing the invisible framework that shaped the Universe long before stars and galaxies formed. Using powerful new observations ...

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand the mysterious dark matter holding the universe ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) unveiled magnificent new images from its Euclid space telescope, representing the agency's first scientific discoveries from early observations. The project, which ...

Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which astrophysicists at UZH use to investigate how stars, planets and galaxies ...

Scientists have created the highest resolution map of the dark matter that threads through the universe—showing its influence ...

The distribution of HI hydrogen in the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) as determined by the THINGS VLA survey extends far beyond the visible stars in the galaxy and its satellite NGC 5195 (marked by cross), ...

June is Dark Sky Month in Colorado, by proclamation of the governor. It’s a great reminder to look up and enjoy the night sky. Southeastern Colorado and Northern New Mexico have many places with ...

If so, why haven’t they said hello? The humble residents of this pale blue dot have been on a quest to find an alien civilisation for more than a century. First, it was the “canals” of Mars. Then ...