Scientists have been scratching their heads for ages, trying to figure out why some galaxies just stop churning out stars.
By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...
Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists have compiled the largest sample ...
Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb ...
Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an active black hole, more ...
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
How black holes grow to monstrous scales is one of astronomy's prevailing enigmas. A new record-breaking dataset, which ...
From the beginning of time to the origins of life, our "when" special series tackles the timing of crucial events and the ...
"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...