Nitrous oxide – known colloquially as "laughing gas" – has many uses, from a painkiller during dental procedures to a ...

In the cold, dark outskirts of planetary systems far beyond the reach of the known planets, mysterious gas giants and ...

One galaxy uses a quasar like a cosmic weapon, blasting its opponent and halting star formation—an epic deep-space duel seen for the first time.

A massive barred spiral galaxy from the early Universe has stunned astronomers by forming stars at 300 times the rate of the ...

In a rare cosmic spectacle, astronomers have observed two galaxies engaged in a high-speed collision, approximately 11 ...

Dive into the dazzling world of newborn stars as seen through the powerful lens of NASA’s Hubble Telescope.<br /><br /> ...

In a Universe that was only 700 million years old, long before Earth even formed, something unexpected happened. A massive ...

Supermassive black holes are unleashing high-energy outbursts that behave more like bullets than breezes, according to a new ...

As California positions itself as a leader on climate change, former Los Angeles mayor and gubernatorial candidate Antonio ...

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that, surprisingly, is shaped much ...

Luria’s theory is that the energy of God’s explosive radiation of creation, when confined in material containers (vessels) shattered the vessels and produced the spiritually and morally differentiated ...

A quasar in one galaxy blasted another during a cosmic collision, compressing star-forming gas into tiny clumps too small to ...