Magnetars are among the rarest—and weirdest—denizens of the galactic zoo. They have powerful magnetic fields and may be the ...

Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe.

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...

NASA's SPHEREx space observatory has spent the last six weeks undergoing checkouts, calibrations, and other activities to ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant known spiral galaxy to date.

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

JWST discovers Zhúlóng, the earliest Milky Way-like galaxy, 800 million years after the Big Bang explosion occurred.

Thirty-five years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit. It's been sending back galactic data and images ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously ...

The Milky Way's twin from the dawn of time has been discovered thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. According to ...