In a glimpse of the early universe, astronomers have observed a galaxy as it appeared just 800 million years after the Big ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has upended expectations again, revealing a massive spiral galaxy in the universe’s infancy ...

A stronomers using the JWST have traced the source of a long-duration gamma-ray burst back to a supernova that exploded ...

JWST uncovers evidence of ancient “monster stars” whose extreme chemistry may explain the origins of early supermassive black ...

Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

A team of astronomers looking at galaxies in the universe’s distant past have discovered nine young, compact galaxies, each weighing in at 200 billion times the mass of the Sun. Imagine receiving an ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. White diamond symbols mark the locations of 20 of the 83 newfound young, low-mass galaxies ...

An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a ...

New measurements using gravitational lensing suggest the universe’s current expansion rate does not agree with signals from ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each other, as well as hint at how dark matter operates in the universe.

In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri looked deep into the universe and found something unexpected. Using infrared images taken from NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, with a boost from a natural “zoom lens,” have uncovered what may be one of the youngest and brightest galaxies ever seen in the middle of the cosmic “dark ...