A galaxy racing through space at an astonishing speed of two million mph (3.2 million km/h) has created a dramatic collision.

Scientists have finally imaged a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time. Here's what it looks like and how they did ...

Using one of the most powerful telescopes on Earth, astronomers have witnessed an intimidating 2-million-mile-per-hour ...

A massive collision of galaxies sparked by one traveling at a scarcely-believable 2 million mph (3.2 million km/h) has been ...

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe. New research may explain how they formed, thanks to primordial "seeds".

The 'Guitar Nebula' offers new insights into the behaviour of high-energy particles like electrons and positrons as they ...

Three ultramassive galaxies found by the James Webb Space Telescope have astronomers reconsidering how galaxies grew so ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified the first-ever "Einstein zig-zag," a distant quasar lensed six times by two ...

One of humanity’s gifts is the ability to know a staggering truth without going mad. The late, great author Douglas Adams ...

Astronomers have taken the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy, and it’s a “monster star” surrounded by a cocoon ...

Astronomers have unveiled a stunning "flame-throwing guitar" nebula in space, captured by NASA's Chandra and Hubble ...

Astronomers have unveiled a stunning "flame-throwing guitar" nebula in space, captured by NASA's Chandra and Hubble ...