Astronomers map distances in the largest-ever caatalog to 56,000 galaxies
Galaxies, such as the Milky Way, are the building blocks of the universe, each comprised of up to several hundred billion stars.
Galaxies, such as the Milky Way, are the building blocks of the universe, each comprised of up to several hundred billion stars.
An astronomer on the James Webb Space Telescope team explains how to send a giant telescope to space, and why.
One of the major problems in understanding the formation of galaxies is that approximately 80 per cent of the baryons that make up the normal matter of galaxies are missing. Baryons are particles consisting of protons and neutrons.
The galaxy called AUDFs01 was discovered by a team of astronomers led by Dr Kanak Saha from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune.
A Black Hole is formed when a huge star of around eight solar masses or more collapses on its own gravity.
Mexican scientist Carlos Frenk Mora is one of the world's best known astronomers for his theories on dark matter and its role in the formation of galaxies.
The image straddles the gap between the very distant galaxies, which can only be viewed in infrared light, and closer galaxies.
Here’s a look at the cosmic mystery that remains at the heart of our universe after the Big Bang.
In 1927, Lemaitre propounded for the first time ever that universe is constantly expanding, which proved to be a premise to the Big Bang theory.
There was absolutely nothing before the Big Bang, according to British physicist Stephen Hawking, who explained what happened prior to…
