Astrophotographer Ron Brecher has captured a stunning deep sky image of the spiral galaxy M106, located 23.5 million light ...

Using data from space telescopes and other instruments, astronomers, cosmologists, and astrophysicists are able to deduce and ...

The most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the Big Bang.

Astronomer Charles Steinhardt said most stars we see "might have formed under different conditions than we previously ...

The world's most famous telescope is celebrating in style with new views of Mars, nebulas and a galaxy that reminds us of home.

K2-18b, which has eight times the mass of Earth, just might be covered with a massive ocean and blanketed by an atmosphere ...

a breathtaking deep-space portrait of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), surrounded by wisps of glowing red gas and a sea of stars. Taken from the Dark Sky Alqueva Observatory in Cumeada, this image isn ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a long-sought supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy ...

An astonishing discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope may rewrite our understanding of the Universe’s early years. A ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant massive “dead” galaxy yet, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The ...