The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of NGC 4694, a galaxy that possesses unusual properties that complicate its ...

Three ultramassive galaxies found by the James Webb Space Telescope have astronomers reconsidering how galaxies grew so ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has identified the first-ever "Einstein zig-zag," a distant quasar lensed six times by two ...

It all started with a Big Bang – and now scientists are on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the birth of the universe.

Space-time may not be continuous but instead made up of many discrete bits – and we may be able to see their effects near the ...

Magnetic fields are everywhere in the universe. Of course, there's Earth's magnetic field, which deflects dangerous cosmic ...

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe. New research may explain how they formed, thanks to primordial "seeds".

A shockwave caused by the galaxy NGC 7318b slamming into four other galaxies is akin to a "sonic boom from a jet fighter." ...

Scientists test the famous physicist’s predictions by calculating the distortion of time and space. Why is the expansion of ...

As the universe expands (as it does in a dark matter-dominated universe) the distance between us and all other stars ...

Edwin Hubble, a renowned astronomer, revolutionized our understanding of the universe. He proved the existence of galaxies ...