Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with ...

New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope contradict traditional theories about early galaxy formation, revealing ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...

On New Year’s Day, 1925 attendees at an astronomical conference heard one of the most influential scientific presentations of ...

NSF NOIRLab has begun the New Year by unveiling a remarkable deep-space image of the Antlia Cluster, including hundreds of ...

The Firefly Sparkle Galaxy is the first Milky Way-sized galaxy to ever be found while still in the process of forming.

"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has detected a new grand-design spiral ...

Scientists have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. The background rumble is ...

Three years ago, the world's largest and most powerful telescope was sent into space with an ambitious mission. Its task was ...

(Other galaxies Webb has detected from this time ... is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Wellesley, and a 2013 graduate of the college.