Astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. This record-breaking detection is making astronomers rethink how quickly galaxies formed in the early Universe.

Learn how ALMA gives astrophysics a front row seat to dynamic forces that shape the galaxy, called space tornadoes.

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

Scientists using two enormous telescopes — one on Earth and the other in space — have detected oxygen in the most ancient known galaxy, a star-scape beaming light just 300 million years after the Big ...

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.

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An international of team astronomers has unveiled the first three-dimensional (3D) map of the properties of interstellar dus ...

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In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

A new study of super-fast-moving stars suggests that they were accelerated by a monster black hole that's been lurking unseen in the galaxy next door. This appears to be the closest supermassive black ...

Not only can you camp for a few days, enjoying the peace and solitude of nature, but this park in Florida also happens to be one of the best places to snag a glimpse of the Milky Way, too. Since ...

The enormous size of the Milky Way glows in the background over the Earth's curve, providing the massive scale of our home galaxy and a stunning view of our home planet from space. Don Pettit's ...