Astronomers have puzzled for decades over how massive elliptical galaxies appeared so early in cosmic history. The standard ...

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 ...

Since the 1990s, astronomers have found a handful of other dwarf planets in the belt, such as Eris and Sedna, along with ...

This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away ...

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

The fate of a comet that was predicted to pass close to Earth remains a mystery five years after its dramatic breakup in the inner solar system.

A series of recent observations is bringing the large-scale dark matter scaffolding of the cosmos into sharper observational ...

A new comet approaching the sun has caught the attention of astronomers, primarily because of its lineage. It appears to ...

How space telescopes capture distant galaxies using infrared imaging, precision optics, and astronomy technology beyond Earth's atmosphere.

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Eliza Frankel, a University of Wyoming Ph.D. student studying physics and astronomy, was one of seven graduate students honored with the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award at the 247th ...