Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

Visual observers and astrophotographers alike can find something amazing to observe along the plane of our galaxy.

Astronomers have discovered the largest-scale structure in the known ... across which is over 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, according to a report in Live Science.

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

While radio jets are relatively common in the nearby Universe, they have been elusive in the early Universe. This is partly ...

Explore the James Webb Space Telescope's incredible discovery: a cosmic alignment revealing the teenage years of our Milky ...

Astronomers have identified what could be the largest structure ever observed in the known universe ... Spanning approximately 1.3 billion light-years—over 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way—it ...

Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...