The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) captures stunning views of ...
Astronomers have confirmed the earliest barred spiral galaxy in the universe, a Milky-Way-like structure that existed just 2 ...
A newly released deep-space portrait captures a spiral galaxy whose outer arm appears to curl protectively around a smaller companion, a scene that looks almost choreographed yet is driven by gravity ...
Scientists have discovered Alaknanda, a so-called "grand design" spiral galaxy, just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. - NASA / CSA / ESA / Rashi Jain For decades, astronomers believed galaxies in ...
Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...
Two space telescopes really are better than one. This month NASA released a new image that combines observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Chandra X-ray Observatory of two ...
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has mapped a magnetic ...
Astronomers have observed a spiral galaxy spraying vast jets of superheated gas like a cosmic sprinkler, revealing how supermassive black holes can shut down star formation across entire galaxies.
Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.