Researchers have discovered a group of galaxies that have, until now, been inaccessible to Earth-based telescopes. These ...

Researchers have discovered a group of galaxies that have so far been inaccessible to Earth-based telescopes. These "hidden" ...

A team has revealed new insights into the motion of massive stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small galaxy neighboring the Milky Way. Their findings suggest that the gravitational pull of ...

What can an exoplanet falling into its own star tell astronomers about the formation and evolution of planetary systems? This ...

While investigating the impact of a recent supernova on life on Earth, a team of UCSC astronomers found an intriguing ...

Astronomers tallying up all the normal matter—stars, galaxies and gas—in the universe today have come up embarrassingly short ...

Galaxies may not be as simple as "young and blue" or "old and red." A new idea from astrophysicist Charles Steinhardt proposes a third type: red star-forming galaxies that break the mold. These galaxi ...