A faint orange dot captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) could be the most distant galaxy ever detected. The ...

Scientists may have made an "out of this world" discovery. New research suggests that a mysterious glow in our galaxy might be caused by dark matter, an invisible form of matter believed to be five ...

NASA has used the James Webb Space Telescope to better understand the universe just after the Big Bang. The results have ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones.

The paper's "Less Terrifying" reference is in relation to a comment from sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke, who is said to have ...

A new discovery by NASA's flagship James Webb Space Telescope has pushed forward the confirmed end date of the so-called "Cosmic Dark Ages" by some 270 million years. In their study, an international ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Milky Way could, relatively soon, collide with a neighboring galaxy. A new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy found that there is a 50-50 chance that the Milky Way and ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

If space-based telescopes could tipple, they probably wouldn’t need to–not with images like the one above on tap. NASA’s celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 21st birthday (hey, it’s legal!) with ...