New images from JWST have revealed the light from a globular cluster in this earliest epoch, showing that it contains…
The James Webb Space Telescope has allowed astronomers to see deeper into cosmic history than ever before, but it doesn't…
One of the biggest puzzles in astronomy, and one of the hardest ones to solve, concerns the formation and evolution…
Globular clusters are densely-packed collections of stars bound together gravitationally in roughly-shaped spheres. They contain hundreds of thousands of stars.…
The Dark Energy Survey recently released 15 images that showcase the types of objects it viewed during the six-year campaign.
Computer simulations show the role primordial black holes may have played in the early universe, but the process isn't clear…
Supermassive black holes play a central role to weaken star production in their galaxies.
The Milky Way had a sausage galaxy breakfast about 8 billion years ago
Gas from the intergalactic medium constantly rains down on galaxies, fueling continued star formation. New research has shown that this…
New evidence shows that black holes and galaxies have a significant effect on each other in young galaxies.