NASA's Hubble observatory made the discovery in 2022, making it the farthest and earliest star ever seen. Astronomers named ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to investigate whether the most distant star identified in the universe is, ...

Nestled within a tiny red galaxy, it dates back 13 billion years -- just 500 million years before the Big Bang -- and shows ...

“These mysterious objects are candidate galaxies in the early universe, meaning they could be very early galaxies,” said ...

If implemented, the administration’s framework will choke off new technologies before they are only half an idea, leave ...

A lab study suggests missing sulfur in space is locked in icy dust grains as complex molecules like polysulfanes and octasulfur.

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found strong signs of a giant planet orbiting a star in the Alpha ...

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 300 mysteriously luminous objects, sparking debate on whether they are galaxies or something else ...

Any trip to the dark night skies of Southern California deserts reveals a vista full of wonder and mystery -- riddles that astrophysicists like myself spend our days unraveling.

In the search for signs of life on what seemed like a promising little exoplanet, astronomers’ hopes have dimmed.

Astronomers have discovered the most distant confirmed black hole, hidden inside a rare galaxy known as a “Little Red Dot.” ...