A common height that seems normal in our human-scale world. Yet, when we compare it to the smallest and largest conceivable ...

Such an exponential expansion may seem minor, but it is equivalent to a grape in the palm of your hand swelling to become ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the American Astronomical ...

A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever seen, astronomers say.

It is widely accepted that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, but now researchers say our measurements of the ...

Only a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, these galaxies have thus far been too faint for most telescopes to spot. Among the hundreds of billions of galaxies that stretch across the known universe ...

Astronomers have revealed the largest known structure in the universe, which is made up of not only clusters of galaxies but also clusters of these clusters that form a gravitationally interacting ...

If you've ever wanted a better look at deep space, you now have your chance. A treasure trove of data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope is now available for public consumption. Included with ...