JWST observations show that early galaxies were chaotic, gas-filled systems rather than stable disks. Researchers from ...

In 1925, Edwin Hubble's observation of Cepheid variables in the Andromeda galaxy revolutionized astronomy, proving the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky Way. This discovery, aided by telescopes ...

Learn how many suns exist in the Milky Way and how to understand how many sun-like stars are out there could help us ...

The discovery that the universe extends beyond the Milky Way galaxy was a pivotal moment in astronomy. In 1925, astronomer Edwin Hubble identified a Cepheid variable star, known as V1, in the ...

NASA successfully launched the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) on March 12, 2025, a near-infrared space telescope that will create ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, finding that galaxies ...

Used to be there were between 100 and 200 billion galaxies in the universe. Plenty to go around. That was the estimate up until this fall, when an international team, led by Christopher Conselice from ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have captured the most detailed look yet at how galaxies formed just a few hundred million ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how galaxies formed in the early universe.

Is there a place where human beings cannot reach the universe no matter how hard they try? Given that there is a limit to the reach of humankind, how large is the universe and how far can it be ...