Mysterious dark matter makes up 85 percent of matter in the universe, and of the remaining 15 percent, scientists couldn’t ...

In the grand puzzle of the cosmos, one question continues to defy easy answers: how fast is the universe expanding?

Zhúlóng is the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen. It formed 1 billion years after Big Bang, yet has a calm structure like ...

The potential discovery of life elsewhere is down to the unprecedented sensitivity of Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope.

A fog of long-wavelength infrared light could be produced by dusty, star-forming galaxies that have remained hidden — until now, that is.

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

An international team has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system existed just one billion years after the Big Bang and already shows a remarkably ...

Astronomers may have uncovered a hidden population of galaxies that could rewrite what we know about the universe's evolution ...

A team of Chinese scientists from the Xi'an Aerospace Propulsion Institute has unveiled a game-changing space thruster has achieved full operation. The 100 ...

Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of 'hidden' galaxies that could hold the key to unlocking some of the universe's secrets. If their existence is confirmed it ...

Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of "hidden" galaxies that could hold the key to ...

In recent years, one of the most troubling puzzles in astrophysics has grown more urgent. Scientists have realized that the ...