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In a world that often measures itself in days, years, decades and centuries, a second seems insignificant. But a lot can happen in an instant. It takes a lightning bolt just 30 microseconds to strike ...

Newton’s Law of Gravity just survived its biggest cosmic test. Scientists studied nearly 686,000 galaxies spread across 7 billion light-years. The result surprised even modern cosmologists. Gravity ...

Somewhere in the distant universe, a supermassive black hole that had gone quiet for millions of years has switched back on.

10 supernova explosions have been seen brightening the Fireworks Galaxy over the past century. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

This image, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows the molecular gas content of two galaxies involved in a cosmic collision. The one on the right hosts a quasar –– a ...

A striking new image of the Whirlpool Galaxy is helping astronomers solve one of the biggest mysteries in star formation.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer took aim at the constellation Corvus to capture a majestic view of the Antennae Galaxies, whose once spiral forms have been rendered chaotic as they merge into a single ...