NASA has shared an image of a distant galaxy cluster that looks quite a bit like the iconic Star Trek vessel.
Scientists studying data from the Gaia satellite have identified a massive 'ghost' galaxy lurking nearby.
Astronomers discovered the signals after analyzing 400 terabytes of radio data using an artificial intelligence.
Scientists have determined that a significant percentage of planets in our galaxy may be covered in water.
Scientists have discovered that the Milky Way once had a sibling that was consumed by our neighboring galaxy.
Originating deep in the universe, the radio blast is from a quasar - the luminous active nucleus of a distant galaxy.
Astronomers from ESA's Gaia mission will tomorrow release the largest map of our galaxy ever created.
Scientists have discovered an astonishing number of massive black holes hiding within our own galaxy.
The discovery raises new questions about the formation of galaxies and the nature of dark matter.
It turns out that our closest neighboring galaxy is not the behemoth that scientists had previously thought it to be.
Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
The new galaxies date back 13 billion years to a time shortly after the formation of the universe.
A mysterious world 4,000 times more massive than the Earth has been found lurking 22,000 light years away.
A new supermassive black hole has been discovered 200 light years from the center of our galaxy.
A new study has revealed that there are actually tens of millions of black holes in our own galaxy alone.
A new study has revealed that half of the atoms that make up our bodies have come from beyond the galaxy.
An unexplained explosion has been discovered in the deepest X-ray image of our universe ever taken.
Scientists have detected a further six mystery radio bursts originating from outside of our galaxy.
The discovery has the potential to challenge what we currently know of how early galaxies formed.
There are believed to be ten times as many galaxies in the universe than previous studies had suggested.