"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

Hubble Finds a 'Failed Galaxy' 14 Million Light-Years Away Ruled by Dark Matter ...

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 ...

MeerKAT radio telescope discovers 49 hidden galaxies in less than three hours, revealing how much of the nearby universe ...

Astronomers have identified a nearby galaxy whose central activity seems to be changing its long-term future. This galaxy, VV 340a, contains a superma.

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 ...

An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic evolution.

Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of ...

Scientists at the University of Missouri have identified a small group of unusual objects in the early universe. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Haojing Yan and his team at Mizzou's ...

PHOENIX —Thousands of newly spotted galaxies are dressed for a Victorian ball: in hoop skirts. The cache of “polar structure galaxies” — with large starry or dusty structures oriented perpendicular to ...