Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.

The stunning spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are beautifully showcased by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA's ...

Luck has recently led to the discovery of several individual stars in extremely distant galaxies. 44 in a single galaxy, ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...

Carbon, which is found in the human body, takes an unusual journey after the demise of the the stars that create the element.

Our own galaxy exists within a neighborhood of closely gathered galaxies known as the Local Group. In the vastness of space, ...

The James Webb space telescope had several stunning findings this year that changed how we understand the universe.