Astronomers describe violent universe
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The deeper astronomers gaze into the cosmos, the more they find it's a bizarre and violent universe.
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New observations of dust around young stars suggest collisions of large asteroid-like objects and fledgling planets are frequent. But that doesn&#39;t likely stop the formation
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Astronomers have glimpsed what may be the farthest galaxy we've ever seen, providing a picture of a baby galaxy born soon after the beginning of the universe.
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Earth-size planets form around other stars in a process that&#39;s considerably longer and more violent than previously believed, a team of astronomers using NASA&#39;s Spitzer Space Telescope announced Monday.
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The earliest stars may hold clues to the nature of the Universe's mysterious dark matter, simulations suggest.
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SAN DIEGO&nbsp;-- Strange objects in faraway space known to astronomers only as Giant Galactic Blobs have, upon close inspection, become a lot&nbsp;weirder.
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Lately, supernovas have become signal events in the life of the cosmos, as told by modern science.
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The universe has a huge hole in it that dwarfs anything else of its kind. The discovery caught astronomers by surprise.
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Supercomputed big bang Scientists have a better understanding of the role black holes have played in the evolution of galaxies in our cosmos, thanks to a new and unprecedentedly detailed simulation of the universe developed by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University.â¦
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A new space observatory has been launched to hunt down and study the most powerful explosions seen in the Universe since the Big Bang itself.
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Astronomers have found what they are calling the perfect cosmic storm, a galaxy cluster pile-up so powerful its energy output is second only to the Big Bang.
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The things astronomers discover as they probe deeper into the universe -- orphaned baby stars, planet-devouring black holes -- paint a bleak picture of "out there." Heck, we might as well stay home.
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Astronomers have spotted two monster galactic clusters slamming together in one of the biggest collisions ever recorded. The smash-up poses no danger to Earth -- it is about 800 million light-years away, and
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An international team of astronomers has observed the perfect cosmic storm: the most powerful collision of two galactic clusters ever recorded.
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US astronomers have discovered massive new galaxies evolving in our corner of the universe. This means that galaxy-forming processes thought to have ended eons ago continue relatively nearby
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A jet of highly charged radiation from a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy is blasting another galaxy nearby -- an act of galactic violence that astronomers said yesterday they have never seen before.
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Physicist Neil Turok discusses his theory that the Big Bang is just one in an endless series of universal expansions and contractions -- a theory that has provoked the ire of many physicists, as well as the Catholic Church.