The strange sight is actually two galaxies, with the light of the second warped around the one at the front as a result of ...

Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they are the progenitors of ...

Unexpected, Bright Hydrogen Emission Caught Astronomers by Surprise In the early universe, space was filled with a dense fog of neutral hydrogen gas. Although the first stars and galaxies gave off ...

(if going by patent filings) of the telescope to finally see Neptune's auroras, and it's thanks to NASA's James Webb Space ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

Mankind began listening for signals from space over 100 years ago, searching for signs of extraterrestrial life. One captured ...

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an ancient and faraway galaxy that provides evidence that an ...

"We report the discovery of one of the most distant galaxies known to date," astrophysicist Joris Witstok told Newsweek.

Ancient Greek theories on the Milky Way galaxy ranged from mythology to science, with ideas from Democritus, Aristotle and ...

If dark energy continues to weaken, the accelerating expansion of the universe could slow — and possibly reverse. In that ...

The conversation, which The Atlantic first published on Wednesday, shows behind-the-scene discussions between Trump's national security team. The BBC's Nomia Iqbal looks at the implications for ...

The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova which was observed almost 1000 years ago. Although it corresponds to one of the ...