Long strands of glowing gas stretch behind a distant galaxy, dotted with pockets of newborn stars. The shape looks almost biological, like tentacles drifting through water. Yet this structure formed ...

Astrophysicists from the University of Waterloo have observed a new jellyfish galaxy, the most distant one of its kind ever captured. Jellyfish galaxies are named for the long, tentacle-like streams ...

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"There is a growing chasm between theory and observation related to the early universe, which presents compelling questions ...

NASA has confirmed its sightings of the farthest known galaxy to date, providing an unprecedented look back into the early universe about 280 million years ...

Marsha Wilcox is a renaissance woman — an artist and educator based near Boston, her show “Ancient Light” is on in the Main ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. Most galaxies are carried outward with the flow ...

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together. The ordinary matter all around us — stars, planets ...

Astronomers have found growing evidence that runaway black holes are hurtling through galaxies at extreme speeds, leaving ...

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

It's well established that the universe is expanding, but there's serious disagreement among scientists over how fast it's happening.

LOS ANGELES — A galaxy once considered the oldest has reclaimed its title, scientists reported Wednesday. Poring through Hubble Space Telescope photos, the team recalculated the galaxy's age and ...