Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), Chinese astronomers have investigated a nearby blue compact dwarf galaxy known as NGC 2915. Results of the study, presented in a paper published October 12 on ...

Astronomers have created the largest 3D map yet of hydrogen light in the early universe, uncovering hidden structures from the era known as "cosmic noon," and offering a new way to trace galaxy ...

Sunspots are the most noticeable manifestation of solar magnetic field concentrations in the photosphere. A typical mature sunspot has an umbra and a penumbra. Light bridges (LBs) are the strip-like ...

How do planets form? For many years scientists thought they understood this process by studying the one example we had access to: our own Solar System. However, the discovery of planets around distant ...

A type of light that was previously thought to be impossible may be real after all. Creating it would involve “splitting” a single photon of light between two locations to produce particles called ...