A newly discovered cluster of galaxies, more than 5 billion light years from Earth, may help astronomers understand a basic, but vexing, question about our universe: How do galaxies spawn their stars?

The celestial bodies are known as NGC 7764A and reside in the Phoenix constellation 425 million light-years away from Earth. ESA/NASA The iconic Hubble Space Telescope recently snapped a photo ...

The cluster is found in the Phoenix constellation, partly explaining its informal name. However, researchers also chose the moniker as a nod to the mythological bird that rises from its own ashes ...

The exoplanet WASP-96b is located nearly 1,150 light-years away in the Phoenix constellation, and was first discovered by scientists in 2014. It is a fairly unusual exoplanet, as there is no ...