Did stars and galaxies give rise to black holes, or was it the other way around? New research may challenge ideas about how the first celestial objects formed.

Travel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that showcases 5000 galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. It was ...

Posted: October 1, 2025 | Last updated: October 1, 2025 The Phantom Galaxy (M74) has been imaged in infrared and optical light using the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. The ...

Celestial objects get a lot of well-deserved attention, from stars to galaxies, orbiting planets, and the omnipresent glowing moon. But sometimes, facsimiles of those heavenly beauties show up in very ...

For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark energy make up most of the universe. However, a new study suggests they might not exist at all. Instead, what we perceive as dark ...

Astronomers from South Africa have conducted multi-band observations of a nearby dwarf irregular galaxy known as UGCA 320. Results of the observational campaign, recently published on the arXiv ...

Countless stars in the Milky Way are being raised and lowered by a gigantic wave. This was discovered using data from the Gaia space telescope.

The swelling caused the ring to get stuck painfully on his finger just as he was about to board an international flight, which not only led to the cancellation of his travel plans but also to a trip ...