Galaxies
Spiderweb protocluster is filled with baby galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope reveals (image)
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore the strands of the Spiderweb protocluster. While the $10…
Read More »James Webb Space Telescope smashes its own record to find the earliest galaxies that ever existed
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered a handful of possible galaxies that could be among the earliest to…
Read More »‘The bottom line is, I told you so’: JWST observations upend standard model of how galaxies form, new study claims
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have found that some of the universe’s oldest galaxies are much brighter…
Read More »James Webb Space Telescope discovers mysterious ‘red monster’ galaxies so large they shouldn’t exist
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted a trio of gigantic “red monster” galaxies in the early universe, and…
Read More »Where do fast radio bursts come from? Astronomers tie mysterious eruptions to massive galaxies
Every day, invisible to the human eye, thousands of enigmatic flashes of cosmic energy known as fast radio bursts (FRBs)…
Read More »How many galaxies orbit the Milky Way?
In space, the gravitational pull of massive objects is irresistible to smaller ones. Moons are locked in orbit around planets.…
Read More »Stare into the ‘blood-soaked eyes’ of 2 spooky galaxies in new Hubble, JWST images (video)
Two of the world’s most powerful space telescopes have spied a “spooky pair” of galaxies in deep space, staring out…
Read More »JWST images: 10 stunning images that show the beauty of space – from galaxies to nebulae
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO In its short existence, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has transformed our understanding…
Read More »The Milky Way’s 2 biggest satellite galaxies are oddly lonely, study finds
The Milky Way’s system of small, orbiting satellite galaxies is quite unusual, a new 12-year study of other galaxies in…
Read More »Space photo of the week: Entangled galaxies form cosmic smiley face in new James Webb telescope image
What it is: Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxies Where it is: 465 million light-years away, in the constellation…
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