The researchers said that the "hydroxyl gigamaser" was generated by the merger of two galaxies some 8 billion light-years away.

Astronomers have long known the universe is expanding—but exactly how fast remains one of the biggest mysteries in cosmology. Different techniques for measuring the Hubble constant stubbornly disagree ...

A NASA team using the Hubble Space Telescope found an object in space never recorded before, nicknamed “Cloud-9.” Cloud-9 is a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a partnership of NASA and the European Space Agency, has made a discovery — not by what it saw, but by what it didn't see. Credit: NASA In the beginning, not all amateur ...

NASA invites the public to join the Space Umbrella project, analyzing MMS data to study magnetic reconnection and solar wind ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SPHEREx's first all-sky map ...

In the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang, the universe ballooned outward at a speed that still defies explanation, stretching space itself before stars or even atoms had a chance to form.

Most galaxies in the universe glow brilliantly over cosmic time and space. However, a unique type of galaxies remains virtually invisible: low-surface-brightness galaxies dominated by dark matter and ...

NASA and ACS research explore how recycling human and plant waste could create nutrient-rich soils for lunar and Martian greenhouses, supporting Artemis and future missions.

The telescope is called Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer, or SPHEREx, and it departed our world in March 2025. Once in space, it positioned ...

Are we alone in the universe? It’s the kind of question that fuels debates, History Channel marathons, and real-world space missions. The new documentary Starman dives straight into that mystery by ...