How space telescopes capture distant galaxies using infrared imaging, precision optics, and astronomy technology beyond Earth's atmosphere.

"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up." ...

New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

The existence of massive, elliptical galaxies in the early universe has puzzled astronomers for two decades. An international ...

In the very young universe, just a fraction of its current age, astronomers have stumbled on a set of objects that refuse to behave the way galaxies are supposed to. Compact, brilliant and oddly ...

Deep inside a nearby galaxy cloaked in thick clouds of gas and dust, astronomers have uncovered a surprising treasure trove ...

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have discovered an entire galaxy cluster wrapped in a 20 million ...

A flat plane of dark matter beyond the Local Group may explain why nearby galaxies move away from us instead of falling ...

The discovery reinforces established theories about space. There could be many more satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way than previously thought or observed, according to astronomers. As many as ...

A surprising new set of objects in space with mismatched parts has been discovered by University of Missouri astronomers, ...

PHOENIX —Thousands of newly spotted galaxies are dressed for a Victorian ball: in hoop skirts. The cache of “polar structure galaxies” — with large starry or dusty structures oriented perpendicular to ...