Astronomers are closer than ever to working out how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying.

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe. New research may explain how they formed, thanks to primordial "seeds".

Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years ...

For a long time, astronomers believed galaxy formation followed a very specific model: cosmic gas collects in clumps, stars ...

Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered three massive galaxies from the early universe, revealing them to be as massive as the Milky Way and forming stars with surprising ...

As the far reaches of space recede ... it starts to coalesce into stars, swirling around a giant black hole in the galactic center. Although galaxies appear pretty quickly after the Big Bang, the rate ...

New observations suggest that the universe’s oldest galaxies are brighter than expected. Here's why this may be a big deal.

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Researchers have discovered three ultra-massive galaxies from the universe's first billion years, challenging existing models of star formation. These galaxies, identified with the James Webb Space ...