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The formation of the Sun, the Solar System and the subsequent emergence of life on Earth may be a consequence of a collision between our galaxy, the Milky Way, and...

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, astronomers have detected a galaxy-wide molecular outflow from the quasar PDS 456. The findings are presented in a paper published March...

Most stars in the universe today are found in massive galaxies called ellipticals, named for their stretched-out-circle shape. Unlike our own galaxy, which is a spiral with arms extending out...

A ROCKY «Super-Earth» planet has been spotted orbiting one of the Milky Way galaxy’s oldest stars. Astronomers in Hawaii say the distant world is one and a half times the...

Bullet Cluster, which provided first evidence of dark matter, can be seen via gravitation lensing in video If you’ve ever wondered what space sounds like, NASA has you covered. The...

If you’ve ever wondered what space sounds like, NASA has you covered. The space agency has posted several videos of what two supernovae and a colliding cluster of galaxies «sound»...

Paul Sutter is an astrophysicist at The Ohio State University and the chief scientist at COSI Science Center . Sutter is also host of Ask a Spaceman , RealSpace ,...

This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the compact green pea galaxy J0925+1403. The diameter of the galaxy is approximately 6,000 light years, and it is about twenty times...

At nearly the beginning of time, the universe was shrouded in darkness. Then, early galaxies produced bright, hot stars that leaked brilliant light intergalactic space through small channels, turning the...

Seven to 10 billion years ago, a bunch of galaxies fell in with a bad crowd at the Coma cluster — a galactic group comprising thousands of their ilk. That...