"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

There may not be as nearly as many small galaxies in the early universe as astronomers predict there should be, which has big ...

Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.

A supermassive black hole embedded in an early galaxy likely starved the galaxy of gas needed to form young stars, new ...

Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Thousands of galaxies in various shapes and sizes are captured in this new image from the James ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope and gravitational lensing to observe SN Eos, an ordinary supernova from the ...

Astronomers have discovered a new type of object that is a starless cloud that failed to form as a galaxy. Here's what to ...

The ancient barred spiral galaxy 'COSMOS-74706' is observed for its light and stellar bar, placing it on a timeline dating ...

Astronomers realized that a strange cloud of gas was actually a relic of the ancient universe which might help solve some of ...

A monster galaxy from the early universe shows that the cosmos was rich with oxygen when it was only less than 3% of its present age, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how ...