The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

A distant chemical signature, captured by the infrared eye of the James Webb Space Telescope, has just opened a new window ...

JWST observations show that early galaxies were chaotic, gas-filled systems rather than stable disks. Researchers from ...

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of ...

The European Space Agency's Euclid mission released a "quick data release" encompassing three deep-field mosaics totaling 63 square degrees, representing the largest contiguous area observed by an ...

Huge eruptions from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the distant past may have sterilized much of the inner galaxy ...

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While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists spotted thin and thick disks in galaxies as far back as 10 billion years ago—something never seen before. These observations reveal that galaxies first ...