By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Researchers say they've discovered the largest known object in the universe, a galactic superstructure called Quipu.

In a significant astronomical discovery, researchers found three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, offering new insights into the ...

Scientists have been scratching their heads for ages, trying to figure out why some galaxies just stop churning out stars.

Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb ...

The Phoenix Cluster's central galaxy is about 5.8 billion light-years away and should be mostly done with star formation. Many galaxy clusters have a region of hot gas in the intracluster medium (ICM) ...

Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...

Experts Stunned After Witnessing Rare Phenomenon Known as the 'Einstein Ring' Captured by a Space Telescope Countless cosmic ...

The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help ...

Jan. 9, 2023 — Astronomers have used data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Observations and discovered 87 galaxies that could be the earliest known galaxies in the ...