Some of the universe’s most extreme explosions leave behind almost no trace. The original explosion is unseen, but our ...

The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes ...

Astronomy does not belong off Earth. It belongs wherever the universe can be observed — and that necessarily includes the surface of the planet humans live on. Kelsey Johnson: Past President of the ...

Astronomers have confirmed a bright galaxy called MoM-z14 that already existed just 280 million years after the Big Bang.

One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic transformation in 2014, new research shows, and may be preparing to explode. A study led by Gonzalo Muñoz-Sanchez at the National ...

The galaxy, cataloged as COSMOS2020-635829, was spotted in data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and has a redshift of z = 1.156, meaning astronomers are seeing it as it existed about 8.5 ...

This newly discovered jellyfish galaxy, named COSMOS2020-635829, has a redshift of z = 1.156, meaning astronomers are seeing it as it existed about 8.5 billion years ago. That makes it the most ...

An exceptionally hungry black hole from the dawn of the universe is growing at 13 times the cosmic 'speed limit', experts say ...

A jellyfish galaxy is found in dense galaxy clusters and appears to be “dripping” gas, forming long, tentacle-like tails of newborn stars trailing behind it. The visual resemblance to a jellyfish ...

Astronomers have uncovered a hidden population of dusty galaxies that formed just one billion years after the Big Bang, offering a new glimpse into the universe’s formative years. An international ...

Finlay Campbell says the skies above Inverclyde can hold as much inspiration for today's young people as what's on the ground.