"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells ...

In the vast expanse of space, mysterious phenomena often leave even the most seasoned astronomers scratching their heads. One ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists spotted thin and thick disks in galaxies as far back as 10 billion years ago—something never seen before. These observations reveal that galaxies first ...

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of optical astronomy ...

Guided by fast radio bursts, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics have mapped how ordinary matter is distributed in the ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope continues to reshape our understanding of the universe by providing unprecedented views ...

An object astronomers initially thought to be a high-speed burst of radio waves from deep space last year has been revealed ...

Using gravitational microlensing, scientists have discovered a rare, large planet at the edge of the Milky Way. The planet is ...

Compact ruddy galaxies seen by the James Webb telescope confound astronomers. Having very little spin at birth may explain the galaxies’ small sizes.

If you want to know about Hera, a satellite hurtling through deep space toward two asteroids, you can just ask it. “My mission is to study the aftermath of NASA’s DART impact on the asteroid Dimorphos ...

Unlike galaxies with active supermassive black holes, the bright source near NGC 5530’s center is actually a nearby star in ...

The first deep space images from a mountaintop observatory in Chile have scientists excited for what they could soon learn ...