A discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is shedding light on the rapid growth of supermassive black holes in the ...

The European Space Agency's Euclid mission—designed to map the geometry of the dark universe with unprecedented ...

Sci-fi tends to paint the edge of our galaxy as a desolate backwater, but in one early galaxy, the galactic rim is the bright, bustling center of activity, and the core is the aging backwater. The ...

Discover how JWST's groundbreaking observations of the oldest galaxies reveal new insights into early galaxies discovery and transform our understanding of galaxy formation.

A team of astronomers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has released new data from an ...

In a feat of galactic archeology, astronomers are using ever more detailed information to trace the origin of our galaxy—and to learn about how other galaxies formed in the early stages of the ...

The heart of our Galaxy displays a paradox that intrigues astronomers. While this region concentrates immense quantities of ...

Astronomers have discovered a previously hidden "cosmic fuel tank" in an infant cluster of forming galaxies. This vast reservoir of cool molecular gas is found in the protocluster known as SPT2349-56, ...

“The discovery of these galaxies was a big surprise because they were substantially brighter than anticipated,” said Dr. Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, who is an Associate Professor of Physics & ...

University astronomy professor Evan Skillman and graduate student Dan Weisz are expanding our corner of the universe, one star at a time. Last week, the ACS Nearby Galaxy Survey , or ANGST, a ...

Scientists are turning to the beautiful and famous Whirlpool Galaxy to look for areas where stars could eventually be born. By mapping out the presence of particular chemicals, they hope to learn ...