Deep space has just delivered a cosmic riddle that refuses to fit any familiar category. Astronomers using some of the most ...

To explore this long-standing mystery, an international team of scientists formed a group known as the Collaboration for ...

A colossal structure in the distant Universe is defying our understanding of how the Universe evolved. In light that has traveled for 6.9 billion years to reach us, astronomers have found a giant, ...

An object spotted in deep space is the strongest candidate yet for a galaxy arrested during early development.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have contributed to new insights into the most long-lived cosmic explosion ever recorded. The event was a gamma-ray burst that remained ...

Deep Space Nine is often considered one of the franchise's stronger installments. However, that doesn't mean it doesn't have ...

A 3.5-gallon volume of deep space, specifically within the Milky Way's Orion-Cygnus Arm, would contain approximately 4 million neutrinos and about 13,000 gas atoms, predominantly hydrogen and helium.

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Science’s best guess at how the universe came into being includes the Big Bang ...

A new composite image reveals the “Champagne Cluster” as two massive galaxy clusters caught in a rare, violent collision.

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters remained largely incomplete. Our telescopes simply haven't been sensitive enough ...