Learn how ALMA gives astrophysics a front row seat to dynamic forces that shape the galaxy, called space tornadoes.

University of Arizona researchers are among a group of scientists who hope to discover what happened immediately after the Big Bang, when the universe expanded in a fraction of a ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy—the ...

In the turbulent heart of the Milky Way, near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, astronomers have uncovered a ...

Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of ...

As astronomers peer through telescopes across the cosmos, dust clouds may distort the light from distant objects, altering observations.

Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have created the most comprehensive three-dimensional map of the characteristics of cosmic dust in the Milky Way galaxy, according to a study ...

Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.

Astronomers rely on clear observations to study celestial objects, but cosmic dust alters what we see, making stars appear ...

NASA launched a new telescope into space this week to study the origins of the universe and search for hidden water in the ...

Astronomers have constructed the first detailed 3D map of the properties of cosmic dust in our home galaxy. For their map, the astronomers used 130 million spectra from ESA's Gaia mission, results ...

At the easternmost edge of the Ouachita National Forest and less than an hour away from Little Rock, Lake Sylvia is the site ...