Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to peer into the early universe and uncover the ...

Population III (PopIII) stars represent astronomy's ultimate prize: the first generation of stars born from the pristine ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists spotted thin and thick disks in galaxies as far back as 10 billion years ago ...

In its first year alone, it will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of ...

Disk galaxies, like our own Milky Way galaxy, commonly consist of both a thick and thin disk of stars—each with different ...

Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe.

Astronomers taken on the role of cosmic archeologists, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to excavate over 100 disk ...

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to the emergence of stars marks a critical shift known as Cosmic ...

Sweeping views of nebulae and dancing galaxies prove the telescope’s enormous field of view and ultra-high-res capabilities.

Compact ruddy galaxies seen by the James Webb telescope confound astronomers. Having very little spin at birth may explain the galaxies’ small sizes.

Powered by the largest digital camera ever built, Rubin Observatory has taken its first images—millions of stars and galaxies ...