In their study published Thursday in the journal Science, they showed that by measuring the distance between classical Cepheid variable stars within the galaxy, they could develop a three-dimensional ...

But around the cosmic time that we are seeing the Firefly Sparkle, Milky Way-like galaxy progenitors were about 10,000 times less massive than today’s Milky Way. Hopefully with the collaboration ...

By reconstructing stellar orbits using real Milky Way stars with accurately determined parameters, the team quantified the galaxy's mass-weighted chemical abundances and age structure. This ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an image of a baby, Milky Way-like galaxy that formed more than 13 billion years ago. This "Firefly Sparkle" galaxy could reveal how our own galaxy evolved.

And it looks a lot like our galaxy, the Milky Way. "The extraordinary images—taken with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope—show a galaxy that glitters with 10 distinct star clusters that ...

It’s beautiful but also a reminder of the ultimate fate that awaits our own Milky Way galaxy. The image was captured using the NOIRLabs’ International Gemini Observatory. NOIRLabs says that ...

Listen to Story Firefly Sparkle's mass aligns with expectations for a precursor to our own galaxy It is 10,000 times less massive than the current Milky Way. The name "Firefly Sparkle" was inspired by ...

NASA's SPHEREx mission will create a 3D map of the universe SPHEREx will study galaxy evolution, cosmic history, and molecules SpaceX Falcon 9 to carry SPHEREx and PUNCH in February 2025 ...

Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are ...

Using Webb’s images and data, the researchers determined that the Firefly Sparkle had the same mass as our Milky Way galaxy would have if it had been weighed while in formation. The research ...