Observations from the ALMA telescope array uncovered evidence of giant space tornadoes at the core of our galaxy.

"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...

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Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

After more than a decade of mapping the stars, the European spacecraft was shut down on Thursday. But its legacy lives on.

If dark energy continues to weaken, the accelerating expansion of the universe could slow — and possibly reverse. In that ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has snapped a spectacular image of a "cosmic tornado" being burped out from a baby ...

The Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...

(CNN) – Astronomers have made a surprising discovery about oxygen and elements in the most distant known galaxy. The galaxy ...

Scientists have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy. Astronomers from two separate research teams made the ...

Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery near the center of our Milky Way galaxy—long, thin “space tornadoes” made of ...