The research group observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth; when the universe was half its current age.

Scientists have linked supernovae to the heating of the Milky Way's outer gas layer, revealing a cosmic dance of creation and destruction that shapes our galactic environment. Scientists may have unco ...

A stunning composite image of the Crab Nebula combines X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), optical data from Hubble (purple), and infrared data from Spitzer (pink). This image from NASA's Spitzer ...

Study reveals NGC 5018's significant globular cluster population Radial density profile of globular clusters shows evolutionary patterns Tidal forces shape NGC 5018 galaxy group’s globular cluster sys ...

Unless one is a scientist or a teacher of the sciences, it would be understandable if a person may not be familiar with ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic 'double lens,' astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.

The cutting-edge observatory is charged with seeing some of the earliest visible light, and the recent image achieves a new ...

The galaxy Dragon Arc was observed along the line of sight to the galaxy cluster Abell 370, which acts as a cosmic magnifying glass.

Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" ...

A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the ...

Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope can observe some incredibly distant galaxies, stretching all the ...