Spring skies reveal some of the best galaxies visible to backyard telescopes.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals new clues about a mysterious cosmic explosion that defies expectations.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the most distant “jellyfish galaxy” ever seen — a cosmic oddity ...

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Deep space has just delivered a cosmic riddle that refuses to fit any familiar category. Astronomers using some of the most powerful observatories ever built have identified a vast, dim structure that ...

Seen as it was 8.5 billion years ago, the galaxy shows that the early universe was harsher than scientists previously thought ...

The James Webb Space Telescope observed the same region of sky captured in the famous Hubble Ultra Deep Field image, revealing thousands of distant ancient galaxies. Credit: ESA / NASA / CSA / G.

The jellyfish galaxy in question. The dashed circles mark the four extra-planar sources that are identified in the galaxy’s tail. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal. Astronomers ...

Scientists have found a remarkably small yet bright object from the early universe that doesn’t make sense in our existing models of how stars and galaxies formed, even our own Milky Way. That means ...