This is perhaps best encapsulated in a Walt Whitman poem titled “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer.” The narrator describes ...
New observations suggest that the universe’s oldest galaxies are brighter than expected. Here's why this may be a big deal.
An international team of astronomers has discovered an instance of two galaxies aligned in a way where their gravity acts as ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's discovery of unusually bright and massive galaxies soon after the Big Bang has cast doubt on the standard model of galaxy evolution and bolstered a rival theory for ...