The circumgalactic medium, a vast gaseous halo surrounding galaxies, could be crucial to the evolution of star-forming ...

NGC 604, a vibrant star-forming region, contains over 200 of the hottest and most massive stars, primarily B-type and O-type, all in the early stages of their lifespans. Webb's image of NGC 1087 ...

The Phantom Galaxy (M74) has been imaged in infrared and optical light using the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope. The spiral galaxy is about 32 million light-years from Earth.

Over 40 stars in a galaxy billions of light-years away were photographed, offering a glimpse into an era when the universe ...

One of the first constellations amateur astronomers come to recognize, the Queen offers observers many worthy sights.

The research group observed a galaxy nearly 6.5 billion light-years from Earth; when the universe was half its current age.

While the extra-galactic stars provided a microlensing effect, large clusters of dark matter provided a macrolensing effect.

Time to start coin collecting. The final installment of the U.S. Mint's American Women Quarters Program is here.

Scientists have linked supernovae to the heating of the Milky Way's outer gas layer, revealing a cosmic dance of creation and destruction that shapes our galactic environment. Scientists may have unco ...

Gravitational lenses have been used previously to resolve individual stars in the distant Universe. Using the microlensing of ...

Unless one is a scientist or a teacher of the sciences, it would be understandable if a person may not be familiar with ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic 'double lens,' astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.