NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young galaxy dating to the early universe - called Firefly Sparkle because ...

"Our findings take us closer to solving a long-standing mystery in astronomy that will redefine our understanding of how ...

It's the first time that scientists have witnessed clumps of stars assembling to form a galaxy like our own Milky Way and ...

James Webb Telescope reveals hidden galaxies in the Spiderweb protocluster, reshaping our understanding of cosmic evolution.

"Our reconstruction shows that clumps of actively forming stars are surrounded by diffuse light from other unresolved stars," ...

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Stars are the building blocks of the universe, yet their arrangement within massive galaxies remains one of astronomy’s great ...

Why is your discovery of the Firefly Sparkle galaxy important? Telescopes like JWST are essentially time machines. Since ...

On his fourth flight, Don Pettit is once again sharing the art of astrophotography, capturing and posting pictures of Earth, ...

Researchers have discovered that old elliptical galaxies can form from intense star formation in early galaxy cores. This ...

The rate at which the universe is expanding is expressed as a value called the Hubble Constant, generally abbreviated as “H 0 ...

Researchers have identified the birth sites of massive elliptical galaxies, providing new insights into their formation which ...