One galaxy, identified just a billion years after the Big Bang, has drawn particular interest. Known as GS-NDG-9422 (9422), it displays an extraordinary light pattern unlike anything seen before.

The universe remains a puzzle, full of shifting clues and unexpected revelations. In a new twist, scientists studying galaxy ...

Beams of light that can be guided into corkscrew-like shapes called optical vortices are used today in a range of ...

Astronomers thought they’d made a mistake when stars in a nearby galaxy didn’t seem to rotate — but the unusual pattern ...

An analysis of star movements from the Gaia spacecraft reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy bound to ...

Explore how the Webb telescope reveals a massive black hole from the early universe living in a dormant state for most of its ...

A bright star located in the Milky Way appears nestled in the distant galaxy NGC 5530 due to a chance alignment along the ...

A team led by Satoya Nakano and Kengo Tachihara at Nagoya University in Japan has revealed new insights into the motion of ...

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

Astronomers have discovered that the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy, is being torn apart by the gravitational ...

Learn why a black hole is becoming active and why experts still can't explain the source of its regular, periodic pattern of ...