Carbon, essential for life, journeys through space in a galactic recycling process, fueling star and planet formation.

Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.

Cosmic Leviathan: A galaxy cluster, resembling a submerged sea monster, distorts spacetime around it, as captured by the ...

Peculiar Pair IC 4271: This new Hubble Space Telescope image of IC 4271, also known as Arp 40, is a curious pair of spiral galaxies some 800 million light-years away. A Jellyfish Galaxy Adrift: The ...

The revolutionary James Webb Space Telescope and next-gen radio telescopes are probing what’s known as the epoch of ...

The Firefly Sparkle Galaxy is the first Milky Way-sized galaxy to ever be found while still in the process of forming.

Taken with some major cosmic help, it shows one of the first galaxies to form after the beginning of the universe, almost 14 ...

New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope contradict traditional theories about early galaxy formation, revealing ...

The James Webb Telescope has spotted a massive spiral galaxy, and its extreme age could challenge current understanding of ...

The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye ...

"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation ...

New space missions will aim to measure Earth's biomass from space, return stranded astronauts to Earth, and prepare for landing humans on the Moon. DW explains what's in store for 2025.