This stunning image dubbed 'Cosmic Owl' captures a remarkable moment in deep space, billions of light years away.

A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of ...

When looking up at the sky, you might think galaxies have always looked the way they do today. But a new study from Princeton ...

This most fundamental question was famously posited by none other than Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–1954).

A recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society reveals the discovery of the most distant ...

Learn about the theory suggesting that the Earth sits inside of a void, which may explain why the universe appears to expand ...

Astronomers have studied the globular cluster 47 Tucanae extensively, but still have many questions. It may have an ...

PhoSim simulates the atmosphere, including air turbulence, as well as distortions from the shape of the telescope’s mirrors and the electrical properties of the sensors. The photons are propagated ...

On the whole, Catholics in 1925 had little problem with the teaching of evolution. Most likely due to the teaching of Pope ...

The appetizer section (cleverly labeled “Appetizers”) features standouts like Kirby’s Queso Fundido – a bubbling cauldron of ...

Nestled where Florida meets Georgia at the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers (which form the mighty Apalachicola), this 686-acre slice of paradise offers the kind of tranquility that ...

What happens when two rare ring galaxies collide? They form an infinity symbol—or the face of a cosmic owl, depending on how ...