An astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is using data from the Canada–France–Hawaiʻi Telescope (CFHT) on Maunakea ...

“This is the most sophisticated simulation to do this in the world right now.” ...

Astronomers have spotted the most distant and brightest "space laser" ever seen, blasting out from a distant galaxy collision ...

Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies ...

It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all. Astronomers reported Monday that the probability of the two spiral galaxies colliding is ...

An artist's concept depicts the Milky Way galaxy and its spiral shape. Our solar system is located in one of the spiral arms. - NASA/JPL-Caltech Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter.

A fleet of NASA missions has likely uncovered a collision between two ultradense stars in a tiny galaxy buried in a huge stream of gas. Astronomers have never seen this type of explosive event in an ...