This telescope has revealed the whipped-up dust from the birth of a star—and a shining background galaxy—more clearly than ...

Astronomers searching for some of the universe’s first galaxies have uncovered a surprising case of mistaken identity.

An impossibly bright galaxy is forcing scientists to rewrite the rules of the Big Bang’s aftermath. Here’s what you’ll learn ...

What if the universe’s most mysterious monsters aren’t born in darkness, but in the bright turbulence of colliding galaxies?

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found a dozen dormant (or affectionately called “sleeping beauty”) galaxies, ancient ...

TRAPPIST-1 d is a rocky world 40 light-years away, orbiting a cool red dwarf at just 2% of Earth’s Sun distance, on the inner ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has captured stunning views of Herbig Haro object 797 (HH 797) ...

It would orbit within Alpha Centauri A’s habitable zone, the starlight-bathed region where liquid water can persist on a ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found strong evidence for a new exoplanet — one orbiting Alpha ...

"The biggest surprise of all was that the black hole was not located inside either of the two nuclei but in the middle. We ...

Even with the Hubble Space Telescope ’s groundbreaking abilities, the “Cosmic Grapes” galaxy only appeared as a smooth, ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a distant faint galaxy ...