Long strands of glowing gas stretch behind a distant galaxy, dotted with pockets of newborn stars. The shape looks almost ...

Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured. Jellyfish galaxies are named for the long, tentacle-like streams ...

NASA has confirmed its sightings of the farthest known galaxy to date, providing an unprecedented look back into the early universe about 280 million years ...

The light from the rare galaxy has challenged conceptions of what the universe would have been like in the early stages.

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...

Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured.Jellyfish ...

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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 ...

Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles—a "mini halo"—surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed, marking a major step forward in understanding the hidden ...

Astronomers have potentially discovered an elusive 'intermediate mass black hole' tearing apart and consuming a star, marking a significant astronomical breakthrough.