Strange cosmic objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are presently puzzling astronomers. The odd observations show features of both stars and galaxies, leading to researchers ...

In 2020, astronomers discovered a violent cosmic event that has led them to rethink how extreme pairs of astronomical objects form. These pairs are capable of producing powerful cosmic collisions. The ...

Application of machine learning techniques to large astronomy data sets can discover thousands of cosmic objects of various classes. Credit: Shivam Kumaran Scientists of Tata Institute of Fundamental ...

Astronomers have just completed the largest high-resolution three-dimensional map of the universe, including more than 47 million galaxies and other massive objects. The map could help solve the ...

Our planet inhabits a hazardous environment. Earth is continually bombarded by cosmic objects. Luckily for its inhabitants, most of these objects are very small and cause no harm to life. Some, ...