Astronomers have discovered the oldest known "dead" galaxy in recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This galaxy appears to challenge current models of the early universe.

Scientists have discovered a new star system that they believe could be the oldest in our galaxy. It consists of two white dwarf stars and the remains of rocky planets that are over 10 billion years ...

Astronomers have detected fast-repeating radio bursts from a distant "dead" galaxy that should not contain the energy to ...

Scientists discovered a new fast radio burst named FRB 20240209A. This FRB originated from an old galaxy 11.3 billion years old, challenging previous beliefs that such bursts come from young ...

around a hundred red giant stars—some of the oldest stars in our ... from some massive dwarf galaxies—such as the Gaia-Enceladus-Sausage. The researchers found stars that formed outside ...

Astronomers have spotted what they think could be the oldest stars in our entire galaxy. These stars were found within a dense star cluster - called a globular cluster - at the center of the Milky ...