Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

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

How can a galaxy fade so early in the history of the Universe? Astronomers are particularly intrigued by these massive ...

Using radio observations from telescopes in Pune and the Netherlands, Kumari detected a rare revival of jets powered by the black hole. These jets were bent, distorted and reshaped as they plough thro ...

Three billion years after the Big Bang, a massive galaxy already looked like it had run out of time. It spun in a calm, ...

A new high-resolution map may be the key to scientists being able to study dark matter.

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

Humans are captivated by the idea of finding life elsewhere in the universe – and even more by the idea that life, if found, might resemble the complex, animal life here on Earth. One of the easiest ...

"It points to a slow starvation rather than a single dramatic death blow." ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University have found a young galaxy cluster that appears far ...