Over a century ago, a German physicist named Karl Schwarzschild mathematically described what we now recognize as a black hole using equations. He laid the foundation for black hole cosmology, which ...

In just over three years since its launch, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has generated significant and ...

Astronomers from the University of Arizona have uncovered astonishing details about a galaxy that existed when the universe ...

Researchers have identified a galaxy that existed when the universe was less than 300 million years old. This galaxy, known ...

The James Webb space telescope looks further back in the universe than any other instrument. Now a baffling puzzle has been ...

University of Arizona astronomers have learned more about a surprisingly mature galaxy that existed when the universe was ...

JWST images reveal galaxy rotation patterns that challenge the Big Bang model. Could the universe be spinning?

Hubble has taken some spectacular images of many different galaxies, but it can't resolve more than a few blobs on Pluto's ...

Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

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Astronomers have peered back to a time when the universe was just less than 300 million years old. The research team, using JWST revealed something extraordinary in the galaxy: significant amounts of ...