This idea is called the big bang model—which is an unfortunate name because it brings to mind a cosmos expanding like an ...

Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity warps and bends the star stuff around it.

"There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early universe, which presents compelling questions ...

Astronomers from the University of Tokyo in Japan and elsewhere have employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to ...

The latest map, published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy, includes information on new galaxy clusters and the strands ...

By measuring the galaxy’s redshift, the scientists behind the discovery were able to confirm that its light has been ...

Discover seven unusual galaxies defying scientific predictions, from impossibly bright early universe objects to astrophysics ...

It may not look like much, but that fuzzy red orb may be light from the most distant galaxy ever seen, perhaps as far as 13.2 billion light years away. That means that the light now reaching us, shone ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant galaxy ever observed, MoM-z14, offering new insight into star formation and galaxy growth in the early universe ...

LOS ANGELES — A galaxy once considered the oldest has reclaimed its title, scientists reported Wednesday. Poring through Hubble Space Telescope photos, the team recalculated the galaxy's age and ...

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together. The ordinary matter all around us — stars, planets ...