A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

Astronomers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), working with international collaborators, have made a striking discovery involving a previously unknown type of cosmic ...

Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes ...

Astronomers at Texas A&M University have discovered a rare, tightly packed collision of galaxies in the early universe, ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Right now, somewhere above our heads, missions are being planned that could redefine humanity's place in space. The decisions being made today about where to send our next wave of spacecraft and ...

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found a galaxy that is offering new data about the early stages of the ...

Time in space affects the body, but research has found that it can also quite literally affect the mind, prompting questions ...

By measuring the galaxy’s redshift, the scientists behind the discovery were able to confirm that its light has been ...

Akron schoolgirl, a whiz in math and science, grew up to become a brilliant engineer, a pioneer astronaut and the second ...