Early in the story of the universe, long before galaxies like the Milky Way were expected to take shape, astronomers have now ...

The European Space Agency’s Euclid mission has recently unveiled a startling observation: the universe is gradually running out of stars. This revelation, published on November 11, 2025, suggests a ...

How common are Earth-like planets in the universe? When I started working on supernova explosions, I never imagined that my ...

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Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as previously thought, according to a new discovery by scientists. Astronomers from the University of Southampton, working with colleagues from France, ...

All biological amino acids on Earth appear exclusively in their left-handed form, but the reason underlying this observation is elusive. Recently, scientists uncovered new clues about the cosmic ...

One of the strangest contradictions in science—and in how we view our place in the universe—is that evolution occurs on Earth but not in the cosmos. At first, you might not spot this contradiction.

Astronomers have discovered a rare group of five dwarf galaxies located relatively close to Earth; these galaxies exist in a near-perfect alignment, resembling a string of cosmic pearls in the sky.

Astronomers have discovered the earliest strongly rotating galaxy ever seen that's well-organized rather than chaotic, challenging theories of cosmic evolution. When you purchase through links on our ...

Much remains a mystery about the first billion years of the universe’s history, the epoch in which the cosmos emerged from its dark ages with the dawning of the earliest stars and galaxies. Now ...