The gravitational lens JVAS B1938+666 consists of massive bodies ranging from 6.5 billion to 11 billion light-years away, ...

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

A new low-frequency radio image offers the most comprehensive view yet of the Milky Way’s southern sky. Astronomers at the International Center of (ICRAR) have produced the most detailed low-frequency ...

Astronomers from Cardiff University, UK, have employed the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) ...

Astronomers have confirmed a giant planet orbiting a tightly bound pair of young stars, marking a first in direct exoplanet imaging. The planet, known as HD 143811 AB b, is the closest-in world ever ...

In the clear skies of the Chilean desert, astronomers used to have a perfect view of the universe. They could trace the faint glow of galaxies billions of light-years away or hunt for brief flashes of ...

Young star systems are a place of violent collisions between rocks, comets, asteroids and larger objects as the dust and ice of a stellar nebula coalesce into planets and moons. But the largest ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.