A supermassive black hole embedded in an early galaxy likely starved the galaxy of gas needed to form young stars, new ...

A nearby galaxy has been caught draining itself of star-forming fuel, with vast streams of superheated material twisting away ...

Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual "ingredients," raising ...

Astronomers have observed a spiral galaxy spraying vast jets of superheated gas like a cosmic sprinkler, revealing how ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark ...

Astronomers report how a "death by a thousand blows" caused a galaxy in the early universe to stop forming stars, making it ...

A potential new type of celestial object has all the makings of a normal small galaxy. It’s rich with the same hydrogen gas ...

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of ...

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