Scientists observe a cosmic joust where quasar radiation disrupts star formation during a mega-merger, reshaping galaxies and ...

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

When the JWST came to life and began observations, one of its first jobs was to gaze back in time at the early universe. The ...

The "afterglow" of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang. This background radiation also provides ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...

Astronomers have for the first time observed a violent cosmic collision dubbed the 'cosmic joust.' This dramatic encounter involving two galaxies 11 billion light years away, ...

On what might have been the proudest day of Jack Burns’s long career in astronomy, he was sitting on a beach. Orbital ...

"This shocking result means that we now need to revisit the very foundations of everything we know about cosmology," said the reseachers.

Astronomers have observed two distant galaxies - both possessing roughly as many stars as our Milky Way - careening toward ...

Astronomers have witnessed for the first time a violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense radiation. Their results show that this radiation dampens the wounded galaxy's ...

The June 2025 issue of Scientific American is packed with exciting features, from magnificent mitochondria and a plan to ...

The largest sample of galaxy groups ever detected has been presented by a team of international astronomers using data from ...