Galaxies

China’s Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope has detected more than 1,600 fast radio bursts from a single enigmatic system

A chance celestial alignment is allowing astronomers to witness a distant star’s explosive death, again and again

Two controversial new studies suggest the discovery of large objects at the outer reaches of the solar system

A new breed of giants raises questions about how the biggest galaxies arise

The Dark Energy Survey is examining distant galaxies to figure out why space is expanding at an ever faster pace

Newly discovered lobes stretch tens of thousands of light-years above and below the Milky Way's disk. Where did they come from?

Astronomers get closer to an explanation for the unexpected abundance of gamma rays at the core of our galaxy

The recently discovered small galaxy Leo P contains only about a hundred-thousandth as many stars as the Milky Way, but it's bucking the small galaxy trend by continuing to make new ones

The presence of the gas could have implications for theories of the early solar system

Astronomers have detected faint light that dates from shortly after the big bang

Gravitational waves from the most promising black hole binary system candidate yet could help shine a light on how these monsters at the hearts of galaxies merge