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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have conducted spectroscopic observations of a high-redshift galaxy ...
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 6956. The galaxy is located "214 million light-years ...
Interest in steam world exoplanets really heated up in October 2024 when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered the ...
Discover a complete Einstein ring, the first strong gravitational lens, which allows us to refine nearby stellar mass and ...
Hubble reveals star formation secrets in galaxy NGC 2835 using H-alpha detection to map stellar nurseries with surgical ...
"At the moment, Punctum truly stands apart — it doesn't fit comfortably into any known category," said Shablovinskaia. "And ...
Astronomers may have caught a supermassive black hole in the act of forming inside a uniquely shaped galaxy. Astronomers working with the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have ...
The black hole, spotted 5 billion light-years away in the Cosmic Horseshoe, could be the most massive ever found.
Deep-field images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed 300 unusually energetic early galaxy candidates, offering ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image zooms in on the feathery spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 45, which lies just 22 ...
During the 2025 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, sidewalk astronomers brought a sense of hope into Washington, D.C.