Long strands of glowing gas stretch behind a distant galaxy, dotted with pockets of newborn stars. The shape looks almost biological, like tentacles drifting through water.

Since it turned on, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of mysterious red blobs in space. The so-called Little ...

Dark matter doesn’t emit, absorb, or reflect light. It’s invisible but supposedly makes up 85% of the universe’s mass. Because it’s so abundant, astronomers believe it should explain many unsolved ...

Arizona revealed the space-themed "Galaxy Slam" uniforms the Wildcats will wear on Feb. 18 against BYU, at the end of a video ...

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Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured. Jellyfish galaxies are named for the long, tentacle-like streams ...

For decades, astronomers have been watching WOH G64, an enormous heavyweight star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy ...

As children, many of us remember lying on terraces or open fields, trying to count stars. One, two, three and then losing ...

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 ...

Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured.Jellyfish ...

Every star you see at night broadcasts its temperature through color, yet one shade sits permanently off the menu. The visible spectrum runs from deep red through orange, yellow, white, and blue, each ...

Astronomers have discovered how "forever young" stars stay blue and bright despite being almost as old as the universe.