The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of interacting galaxies Arp 142. Arp 142 consists of a distorted ...

NASA’s telescope captured 7 amazing spiral galaxy photos. These galaxies have bright stars, swirling arms, and glowing gas.

An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made its mark by capturing its first-ever observations of tidal disruption events ...

“The gas spans the entire width of the system and was likely shocked and compressed at the collision site,” they and their ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are ...

It all boils down to the apparent brightness of an object, or in astronomical parlance, its apparent magnitude. There are ...

A new paper led by a York University professor and published today in Nature Astronomy introduces a simple theoretical ...

NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy about 100 million light-years away, which is close in space terms. It has a strange shape and a golden haze coming from its center. This is because it's merging with a ...

Some observatories that used to be dark and remote are now adjacent to bright urban centers. And sending all telescopes into ...

The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.

Many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these outdoor lighting from roads, buildings and elsewhere could ...