Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they are the progenitors of ...

The strange sight is actually two galaxies, with the light of the second warped around the one at the front as a result of ...

Unexpected, Bright Hydrogen Emission Caught Astronomers by Surprise In the early universe, space was filled with a dense fog ...

The universe is thought to have experienced a rapid and exponential expansion in a fraction of a second after the Big Bang.

The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered unusual compact sources of light in the distant Universe, nicknamed little red ...

Learn about a new observation of a galaxy emitting ultraviolet light that broke through the early universe's dense fog.

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down ...

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement ...

Scientists have detected radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago ...

"Neptune was the missing piece of the puzzle when it came to detecting auroras on the giant planets," said the European Space Agency.

GS-z13-1, located around 33 billion light-years from us. This galaxy has a redshift of 13.0, which is a measure of how much a ...

Astrophysicist and artist Ed Belbruno explains how art helps scientists communicate their work to the public and even ...