Astronomers discovered Cloud-9, a galaxy that failed to form about 14 million light-years from Earth. NASA said in a January ...

The neural network approach uses multiple or “deep” layers that learn to identify increasingly complex features in data. The ...

On Christmas Day 2021, alongside other astronomers, I watched the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch from French Guiana and begin its month-long journey to its destination, 1.5 million ...

Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming ...

After the Big Bang, the Universe entered a long, dark period before the first stars formed. During this era, hydrogen emitted a faint radio signal that still echoes today. New simulations show this ...

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky ...

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

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Astronomers believe this barred spiral galaxy could be the oldest example of its kind ever observed. Research led by Daniel ...

For a long time, dark matter was believed to be cold after separating from the intense radiation that filled the young ...

Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...

University of Chicago astronomy and astrophysics professor Donald G. York​, who is credited with pioneering contributions to ...