A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of ...

A high-speed crash between two dwarf galaxies might explain a unique feature in space – and provide useful information on ...

Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...

Astronomers witnessed two galaxies engaged in an intense deep-space battle for the first time. Watch the “cosmic joust” in action.

Featuring never-before-seen views of galaxies and more than 2,100 newly discovered asteroids, the observations are only a ...

Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to peer into the early universe and uncover the ...

Galaxies, including the Milky Way, grow from thick, turbulent disks into layered structures. JWST’s images show this process ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

Located billions of light-years away, the "Cosmic Owl" is a pair of colliding ring galaxies spotted by the JWST. It's also an ...

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

Visible are two prominent spiral galaxies, three merging galaxies, galaxy groups both near and distant, stars within our own Milky Way, and much more. The observatory also got a more detailed, closer ...