GREENBELT, Md. – An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and the Japanese/U.S. Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). By now, ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has found new populations of suspected mid-mass black holes in several starburst galaxies, where stars form and explode at an unusually high rate. Although a few of ...

Astronomers have identified mysterious 'UFO galaxies'—red, glowing, disc-shaped objects emerging in the vast darkness of ...

The first photos of the James Webb Space Telescope were published two years ago. To celebrate the milestone, NASA released new photos of two galaxies affectionally called "The Penguin and the Egg" for ...

Looking deep into the early universe with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas ...

An international team of astronomers announced the two earliest and most distant galaxies yet confirmed were detected by the James Webb Space Telescope. The two galaxies are believed to date back to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Galaxies come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some have buff ...

"Maybe we didn't understand the universe as well as we thought," said astrophysicist Justus Gibson of CU Boulder.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured what scientists believe is the most distant known galaxy, after observing what astronomers call a "Cosmic Dawn" for the past two years. NASA said in ...

In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS has released the data behind the largest map of the universe. Called the COSMOS-Web field, the project, with data ...

Researchers suggest the universe's background radiation has been overestimated, potentially challenging the standard model of cosmology and our understanding of early galaxy formation. Space, time and ...

What appears as a faint dot in this James Webb Space Telescope image may actually be a groundbreaking discovery. Detailed information on galaxy GS-NDG-9422, captured by Webb’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared ...