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

New research from the SAGA Survey, comparing the Milky Way with 101 similar galaxies, unveils how our galaxy differs ...

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

An international team of researchers has found dark matter dominating the halos of two supermassive black holes in galaxies ...

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

"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

It is the vast scaffold upon which the structure of the visible universe is formed. Gas had flowed along its filaments, providing galaxies with the raw material needed for star formation and ...

In 1929, Edwin Hubble, the famous astronomerthe Hubble Telescope was named after, discovered that the Universe was expanding, and that stars, planets and galaxies were steadily moving further away ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...

Chris Impey, University of Arizona (THE CONVERSATION) A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe ... galaxies are isolated systems of stars ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe ... now know that galaxies are isolated systems of stars, much smaller than ...