A mysterious population of glowing red dots scattered across the early universe has led astronomers to a startling new theory ...

Tiny red objects spotted by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are offering scientists new insights into the origins of galaxies in the universe—and may represent an entirely new class of ...

Astronomers have discovered something that shouldn't exist: a galaxy so jam-packed with stars that they smash into each other about once a month.

One of the most difficult parts of astronomy is understanding how time affects it. The farther away you look in the universe, ...

On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and most powerful telescope humans have ever sent into space. It took 30 years to ...

Earlier this year, astronomers revealed one of the James Webb Space Telescope's most spectacular and intriguing discoveries yet — and that's saying something. Lying in one of the most ancient regions ...

Astronomers exploring the faraway universe with the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s most powerful telescope, have found a class of galaxies that challenges even the most skillful creatures in ...

The April 8 total solar eclipse, showing a pronounced prominence at bottom. To observers on the ground, the prominences appeared as red dots along the perimeter of the eclipse. Image: paramsach (Fair ...