The Hubble Space Telescope image offers an up-close view of one section of the nebula, which is largely shaped by a young ...
Though tiny, this newfound satellite galaxy around M31 offers big lessons — and questions — about how galaxies evolve.
A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.
The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe in its infancy—the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans—have ...
Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive spiral disk galaxy, much larger than expected, in the early universe.
Researchers have identified a galaxy that existed when the universe was less than 300 million years old. This galaxy, known ...
One of the Holy Grails in cosmology is a look back at the earliest epochs of cosmic history. Unfortunately, the universe's ...
Far beyond the edge of what the naked eye can see, a giant spiral galaxy has offered scientists a glimpse into a possible ...