The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about ...

Called the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, it uses a telescope southwest of Tucson, Arizona to create a ...

Astronomers utilizing NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a new class of galaxies that defy traditional ...

NASA’s Webb Telescope has identified compact, mysterious galaxies nicknamed “astronomy’s platypus.” These strange objects ...

The discovery of thousands more galaxies with stars ringing their main disks could help astronomers study galactic evolution ...

An inexplicably hot, fast-growing cluster of galaxies in the early universe has scientists questioning theories of galactic ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. White diamond symbols mark the locations of 20 of the 83 newfound young, low-mass galaxies ...

Astronomers discovered nine unusual objects in space that look like stars but behave like galaxies - challenging what we know ...

But the Big Bang theory predicts that about 5% of the universe's contents should be atoms made of protons, neutrons and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. White diamonds mark 20 of the 83 small starburst galaxies spotted by JWST. Galaxies like these ...

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain of galaxies sits inside a much larger filament that ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each other, as well as hint at how dark matter operates in the universe. When you ...