A distant galaxy that lay quiet for decades has suddenly stirred, lighting up in dramatic bursts that have caught astronomers ...

An astonishing discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope may rewrite our understanding of the Universe’s early years. A ...

Astronomers have found more ORCs in the years since those initial discoveries, and some of them also appear to have a galaxy ...

Stupid question, but” is a column answering the not-so-stupid questions that, at this point, we’re all too afraid to ask. The ...

On hearing the word sky, a blue sheet appears in front of the eyes. But have you ever wondered why the sky is blue? And when ...

While the Webb Telescope watched exoplanet K2‑18b glide across its parent star, sulfur‑bearing gases appeared in the planet’s ...

Astronomers may have found the strongest hint of life beyond Earth thanks to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

(Stacker) – The year 2024 ended with a bang for the movie business. Between the biggest Thanksgiving weekend on record, ...

Now science wants to tell us that it's merely an optical illusion? That's the suggestion behind the argument that purple ...

Compelling evidence of a long-sought black hole at the center of the galaxy M83 has been unveiled using the James Webb Space ...

While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the ...

Intriguingly, ultralight dark matter might be able to turn into photons (light) — and it's through this process that the ...