A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captures a nearby spiral galaxy, NGC 2283, blazing with newly formed stars.

Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb ...

In 2007, astronomers discovered the Cosmic Horseshoe, a gravitationally lensed system of galaxies about 5.5 billion ...

Dark matter, though invisible, weaves a vast cosmic web that binds galaxies together. For the first time, astronomers have ...

The stunningly beautiful galaxy cluster Abell 370 contains an astounding assortment of several hundred galaxies tied together by the mutual pull of gravity. Located approximately 4 billion light-years ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

The image, which was originally revealed back in January 2013, is a composite of a giant barred spiral galaxy known as NGC 6872. This beautiful and shining galaxy is believed to be the largest ...

Scientists have uncovered “Quipu,” the largest known galactic structure, stretching 1.4 billion light-years. This discovery ...

NASA is set to launch SPHEREx, a groundbreaking telescope that will create the most precise and colorful map of the universe.

A team of astronomers, led by Yale University, has made an exciting discovery—a giant galaxy with a record-breaking nine ...

The ring sits in the galaxy NGC ... The mosaic image is just 1% of Euclid’s wide survey, which will include billions of galaxies, including many from the ancient universe. To date, less than ...