Galaxies brimming with stars and even evidence of supermassive black holes can be seen in stunning new photos unveiled by NASA captured by its James Webb Space Telescope. The collection depicts ...

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity ...

GREENBELT, Md. – An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and the Japanese/U.S. Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). By now, ...

NASA and ESA release a Hubble image of NGC 7722 showing dust lanes, rings, and supernova follow-up observations in a lenticular galaxy.

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The James Webb Space Telescope’s first picture released to the public showed off thousands of galaxies. At first glance, the pinpoints of light shining in the blackness of space look like little stars ...

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

Astronomers using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have identified dozens of small galaxies that played a starring role in a cosmic makeover that transformed the early universe into the one ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found new populations of suspected mid-mass black holes in several starburst galaxies, where stars form and explode at an unusually high rate. Although a few of ...

NASA astronomers used AI to examine Hubble Legacy Archive data, identifying over 1,300 unusual galaxies and other anomalies, including gravitational lenses and mergers.

The first photos of the James Webb Space Telescope were published two years ago. To celebrate the milestone, NASA released new photos of two galaxies affectionally called "The Penguin and the Egg" for ...

The map provides insights into the universe's evolution, tracing dark matter's influence back to when galaxies were forming ...