Astronomers announced the discovery of a starless cloud of hydrogen gas, a pristine relic of the cosmos that is almost as old as time itself.

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Way out there in the asteroid belt is an object that's spinning so fast, scientists are surprised it hasn't flown apart.

Astronomers may have discovered a previously unknown type of astronomical object, nicknamed “Cloud-9,” that could shed light ...

An artist’s illustration depicts 2025 MN45—the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ...

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly ...

From Bard the Bowman to Fram, Son of Frumgar, this is a list of every figure in Middle-Earth who famously killed a dragon.

The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about ...

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...

Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.

Astronomers analyzing data from NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, jointly funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and ...