Using NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory, astronomers have observed a massive and hot galaxy cluster known as PLCKG287.0+32.9 ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a cosmic mirage known as an Einstein ring, where the light ...

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have published the cosmological results of the first ...

ESA’s Euclid mission mapped 26 million galaxies, revealing galaxy shapes, cosmic structures, and gravitational lenses ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), along with complementary data from the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), have discovered a surprisingly large reservoir ...

Using the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and additional data from the Atacama Pathfinder ...

The galaxy is a vibrant orange disk, dubbed the Big Wheel. Its life began within the universe’s first two billion years of ...

"Euclid shows itself once again to be the ultimate discovery machine. It is surveying galaxies on the grandest scale, ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive spiral disk galaxy, much larger than expected, in the early universe.

Webb's penetrating infrared gaze has now revealed the true identity of the glow as a face-on, distant spiral galaxy. It has a ...