By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...
Neutrinos are ghostly subatomic particles that can travel in a straight line for billions of light-years, passing unhindered ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...
A cosmic filament, 3 million light-years long, has been directly imaged for the first time — offering a new glimpse into the ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation.
Astronomers have investigated three ultra-faint dwarf galaxies that are located in a region of space far away from the ...
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...
The atoms that make up our world, including those in our own bodies, have a cosmic history. They were born in the hearts of ...