Researchers have discovered a large, orderly spiral galaxy that formed soon after the Big Bang, when space was only about 1.5 ...

Astronomers have spotted an extraordinarily long-lived cosmic explosion lasting more than seven hours, breaking the record as ...

The galaxy's discovery challenges our understanding of how galaxies were formed in the early period after the Big Bang.

Astronomers have made a major discovery billions of light years away that can help scientists explain and understand how the universe is formed. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, a team ...

The discovery of a distant, well-structured spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has astounded scientists, revealing new insights ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

A galaxy that has remained unchanged for 7 billion years — a rarity in the universe — has been observed by astronomers, offering a glimpse into cosmic history and adding to an enigmatic collection of ...

There's an optical illusion in this Hubble Space Telescope image. Credit: ESA / NASA / H. Nayyeri / L. Marchetti / J. Lowenthal When NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped a picture of an elliptical ...

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Astronomers have identified what could be a new supermassive black hole, and with an estimated mass 36 billion times that of the sun, it has about 10,000 times the mass of the black hole at the center ...

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things like tangled-up ...