Explore the amazing journey of the Hubble Space Telescope and its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Discover ...

Astronomers have long chased a hard question: how did black holes grow so huge so fast. Researchers at Maynooth University in Ireland say they now have a clearer answer. Their work; led by PhD ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

The winter season so far, at least by Laramie’s standards, has been somewhat warm in comparison to the frigid temperatures we’re used to. While this has thus far caused problems for ski-bums ...

Finding new worlds out there is pretty exciting, right? Scientists are getting really good at spotting planets around other ...

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 ...

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