Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole starving its galaxy of gas, halting star formation in the early universe.

Astronomers pointed the powerful James Webb Space Telescope at a distant zone dubbed the "Extreme Outer Galaxy," and zoomed ...

New infrared image highlights star formation triggered by merger-in-progress. Arp 107, a pair of interacting galaxies, shines ...

The Phantom Galaxy (M74) has been imaged in infrared and optical light using the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space ...

Astronomers found the biggest pair of black hole jets ever observed, stretching 23 million light years. and named this system ...

Thus far, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has used strategies based on classical science—listening for ...

NGC 3312 is located front and center in the new image, surrounded by bright stars and galaxies. A smudge of interstellar material can be seen at the lower right of the galaxy, suggesting it is being ...

From a solar eclipse to a dolphin-like nebula, these winning shots by astrophotographers from around the world depict the ...

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch in 2027, aims to capture high-resolution images of galaxies and cosmic ...

Two mighty beams of energy have been detected shooting in opposite directions from a supermassive black hole inside a distant ...

A recently-discovered powerful cosmic lens, which magnifies profoundly distant objects in space. Credit: William Sheu (UCLA) ...