Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history that surprisingly is shaped much like ...

The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer – or SPHEREx – is a two-year ...

Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.

Pointed away from Earth about 404 miles overhead, the orbital observatory will circle the planet from north to south about 14 ...

Structures known as "zippers" and "twisters" in the early universe may explain why dwarf galaxies tend to line up with each ...

Astronomers may have uncovered a mysterious population of ‘hidden’ galaxies that could change how we understand the universe.

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

The JWST has done it again. The powerful space telescope has already revealed the presence of bright galaxies only several hundred million years after the Big Bang. Now, it's sensed light from a ...