Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune ...

QSO1. It lived just 700 million years after the Big Bang and already had a mass about 50 million times that of the Sun.

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

Astronomers have identified Cloud 9, a nearby dark matter halo filled with gas but no stars. The discovery supports key predictions about how galaxies form and why some never do.

Cloud-9 entered the picture in 2023, when astronomers using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in ...

A four-planet system reveals remarkable insights about how planets form and how they change during their lifetime.

Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole ...

An international team of astronomers led by Canadian researchers has found something the universe wasn't supposed to have: a ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a "failed galaxy," a massive, starless ...

Scientists are tracing ancient helium trapped beneath South Africa’s gold fields, revealing how rare gas survives for ...

An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic ...

Marsh gas is a naturally occurring gas commonly found in wet and swampy areas such as marshes, bogs, and swamps. It is mainly formed due to the anaerobic decomposition of plants, leaves, and other ...