A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...

Recent astronomical observations by ALMA and JWST have detected emissions from the distant galaxy GHZ2, located over 13 ...

A new computational method gleans more information than its predecessors from maps showing how galaxies are clustered and threaded throughout the universe.

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

"The Hubble tension is now a Hubble crisis." The mystery of the Hubble tension has deepened with the startling finding that ...

These massive currents carry material on a journey through and around star-forming galaxies before they settle and form stars ...

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, cosmic 'ghost towns,' offer new insights into the early universe and star formation.

Astronomers have traced a mysterious fast radio burst to an unexpected place — an ancient, massive galaxy far removed from ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revolutionized astronomy in just three years. A new project celebrates its impact on the ...

Hubble has previously imaged the same nebula, with an image released in 2023 and another shared in 2020. You might also recognize the name of this nebula as it was made world famous when the James ...

(TNND) — Astronomers have discovered fast-repeating radio signals coming from a distant "dead" galaxy. This is an unusual ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way grow by merging with smaller galaxies over billions of years, unlike dwarf galaxies, which have long been thought to lack the heft to attract mass and grow in the same way.