Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

So how many stars are there? Given all of the above, astronomers estimate that the Milky Way contains around 100 billion stars, and there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have charted billions of years of galactic evolution, and found that ...

Researchers discovered a hidden 185,000 light-year "bridge" of gas between two distant galaxies, which are also trailed by a ...

PHOENIX – NASA has chosen the University of Arizona to lead a space telescope mission meant to better understand how galaxies and stars form. The space agency awarded $20 million to the Aspera mission ...

This image combines data from the JWST's MIRI and NIRcam cameras to create a multicolour view of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The the green, orange, and red hues come from MIRI and reveal the reddest ...

Researchers from The University of Western Australia node at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) ...

Indian astronomers have discovered how supermassive black holes and their powerful jets regulate galaxy growth by halting ...

Astronomers have discovered a ghostly, million-light-year-long bridge of stars connecting two massive galaxies within the Abell 3667 cluster, 700 million light-years away. This glowing thread of ...

On October 18, 2025, the European Southern Observatory 's (ESO) 4MOST (4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope) ...