Who knew that magnetic fields could be so useful? Astronomers are able to use magnetic fields to map our environment within ...

Images of the distant spiral galaxy are changing conceptions of the speed and process by which galaxies form.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

Instead of a relatively distant dark galaxy, Westmeier thinks the object is more likely a regular gas cloud at the edge of the Milky Way. “I’m very skeptical about the claims that they’re ...

The halo is more extended that astronomers originally thought, and contains enough hydrogen gas to resolve the problem of the ...

Astronomers have spotted the farthest spiral galaxy ever seen. Its light has travelled 12.8 billion years to reach Earth.

Another similarity between the Milky Way and this early cosmic dragon galaxy is the sizes of their ... "This allows JWST to map large areas of the sky, which is essential for discovering massive ...

"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass." The galaxy spans more ... "This allows JWST to map large areas of the sky ...