Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered what seems to be a galaxy that is the most heavily dominated by ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated 70 dusty galaxies at the very edge of the universe that challenge our understanding of cosmic evolution.

But new research has found the strongest candidate yet. The first author is Dayi (David) Li, a post-doctoral fellow in ...

Astronomers utilizing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a new class of galaxies that defy traditional cosmic categorization. This unexpected discovery, highlighted in a recent ...

In A Nutshell Astronomers have identified 18 ancient, dust-shrouded galaxies from the universe’s first billion years that ...

New radio observations of molecular gas reveal how dozens of galaxies could have rapidly merged together in the early Universe.

Space observatories tend to work quietly, collecting data long before images reach the public. In March 2025, NASA launched the SPHEREx space telescop.

Physicist Sean Carroll explains how physics, astronomy, philosophy, and classics all help us understand the expanding ...

NEW YORK – A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together. The ordinary matter all around us – ...

While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...