Researchers say they've discovered the largest known object in the universe, a galactic superstructure called Quipu.

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

NASA's Pandora satellite mission to document at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars will start from SpaceX at its ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

Euclid space telescope sent some images back to Earth during an early testing phase. While reviewing the pictures, astronomer ...

The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...

By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...

ESO’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has captured a deeper view of the Orion Nebula’s core. Looking like an interstellar Frisbee, the dark feature in these two ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive, double-lobed radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years from a quasar that existed when ...

De Gregorio, the ESO's representative in Chile, warns that the country's unique "window onto the universe" could close, hampering scientists' quest to answer the great question of our time: Are we the ...