Brecher's image reveals spectacular detail in the spiral arms of the 14,000- light-year wide galaxy, where dense dust lanes ...

Galaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe, with each containing hundreds or even ...

An old galaxy reveals clusters of young stars that have formed in an unusually synchronized fashion, challenging the idea that star formation declines as galaxies age.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. JWST spotted ultraviolet light escaping from the ancient galaxy JADES-GS-z13-1 in the earliest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has shattered another cosmic record, detecting the most distant galaxy ever observed—MoM-z14—just 280 million years after the Big Bang. This remarkable ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. JWST has spotted more bright, ancient galaxies than scientists expected. JADES-GS-z14-0 ...

A team of astrophysicists has unveiled how colossal stars thousands of times more massive than the Sun shaped the earliest star clusters and galaxies. These short-lived giants not only forged the ...

The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are among the most visible stars from Earth, but new research says the cluster is larger than suspected.

Astronomers have found a galaxy 13.1 billion light-years from Earth, making it officially the most distant object ever detected.

LOS ANGELES — A galaxy once considered the oldest has reclaimed its title, scientists reported Wednesday. Poring through Hubble Space Telescope photos, the team recalculated the galaxy's age and ...