Distance records are an excellent proxy for the state of the art in astronomy. Finding extremely faraway galaxies is hard. In ...

Astronomers have discovered a cavalcade of monster galaxy superclusters, incredibly massive collections of galaxies and galaxy clusters in the universe. The most striking example of these 662 new ...

Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. "This discovery upends conventional wisdom, as such powerful jets are almost exclusively found in elliptical galaxies, not spirals," Suraj Dhiwar, a ...

Oxygen is a crucial element on Earth, as it plays a crucial role in supporting life. Hence, finding traces of it in space sent shockwaves amongst experts worldwide. It was detected in a very distant ...

If confirmed, it might be the most distant galaxy ever, but it's not the oldest. That's an important distinction. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that.

Predicted gas-phase metallicity (Z g) versus measured gas-phase metallicity. Credit: Astronomy & Astrophysics (2023). DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346708 A team of astronomers has found that the total ...

Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. Located nearly 1 billion light-years from Earth, the galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is a spiral, like our home the Milky Way. Yet it does something galactic ...