Astronomers have discovered that the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy, is being torn apart by the gravitational ...

"We report the discovery of one of the most distant galaxies known to date," astrophysicist Joris Witstok told Newsweek.

Twelve billion years ago, in a universe still finding its form, a cosmic giant was already in full spin. Astronomers have now ...

Scientists discover ancient galaxy created early transparent bubbles, challenging cosmic timeline of universe formation.

Nicknamed the “Big Wheel,” a giant, spiral-shaped disk galaxy was spotted in an unusually crowded part of the early universe just two billion years after the big bang ...

GS-z13-1, marks the earliest sign yet spotted of the era of cosmic reionization at 330 million years after the Big Bang.

A galaxy inside a bubble may be evidence that the universe was starting to become transparent 330 million years after the big bang ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic anomaly that challenges our understanding of the universe. An international ...

Galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the universe, and understanding their formation is a major goal of scientists. Protoclusters like SPT2349-56 offer a unique window into this process ...