NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured the stunning image of Cartwheel Galaxy. This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, ...

The new images, to be presented at an upcoming meeting of the American Physical Society, date back to when the universe was ...

Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant galaxy ever found. It’s 13.4 billion light-years away from Earth, according to new research.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has done it again. Though it's notoriously difficult to snap direct images of distant planets, the overachieving observatory has managed to capture four of them in a ...

If our 13.8 billion-year-old cosmos could be considered middle-aged, researchers note these new images captured around its ...

"Light pollution from projects like INNA doesn't just hinder research, it steals our shared view of the universe." ...

A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.

Though tiny, this newfound satellite galaxy around M31 offers big lessons — and questions — about how galaxies evolve.

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

For over a century, astronomers have marveled at the beauty and complexity of spiral galaxies, which feature arms covered in ...