The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the spiral galaxy NGC 5134 using its Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) and ...

Our home galaxy has a secret buried inside. A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society suggests that the Milky Way swallowed an ancient dwarf galaxy billions of ...

It’s the first time a sugar molecule has been detected in interstellar space. The discovery provides tantalizing new clues ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The dwarf irregular galaxy ...

The images shed light on the galaxy’s past and star clusters that other telescopes couldn’t in what the astronomers are ...

This stunning image is full of young star clusters. The Hubble Space Telescope has turned its sharp eye toward a ghostly swirl of stars and gas known as the "Lost Galaxy," given its faint and elusive ...

An image of two merging galaxies has been turned into music using a technique called data sonification. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's mid-infrared instrument shows the Centaurus A galaxy's weird glowing shapes at its core.

With the advent of commercial spaceflight, an increasing number of people may be heading into space in the coming years. Some will even get a chance to fly to the moon or live on Mars. One of the ...