The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

New radio observations of molecular gas reveal how dozens of galaxies could have rapidly merged together in the early ...

The standard cosmological model (present-day version of "Big Bang," called Lambda-CDM) gives an age of the universe close to 13.8 billion years and much younger when we explore the universe at ...

Deep inside a nearby galaxy, a black hole sits behind a thick wall of dust. Almost all its light gets trapped.

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models." ...

"There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early universe, which presents compelling questions ...

The University of Arizona is set to launch Galaxy Slam, a weeklong celebration of its legacy in space science and research.

A vast, flat sheet of dark matter may solve the long-standing mystery of why our neighboring galaxy Andromeda is speeding ...

A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...

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By measuring the galaxy’s redshift, the scientists behind the discovery were able to confirm that its light has been ...

A surprising new set of objects in space with mismatched parts has been discovered by University of Missouri astronomers, ...