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The universe could be twice as old as current estimates, according to a new study that sheds light on “impossible early galaxies” spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope that appear to be in ...

Working with the Purple Mountain Observatory in China and the Chinese Academy of Science, the team has analysed more than 100 star-forming galaxies in the distant universe using the world’s ...

A new University of Kansas survey of distant galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen star formation and black hole growth at "cosmic noon"—a mysterious epoch 2 ...

This merger—expected in about 5 billion years—has become a staple of astronomy documentaries, textbooks and popular science writing. ... But galaxies also drift sideways across the sky, ...

Astronomers witnessed two galaxies engaged in an intense deep-space battle for the first time. Watch the “cosmic joust” in action.

Astronomers peering back deep in time into the distant universe think they may have discovered a population of previous hidden galaxies that could shake up astrophysics. The research, based on ...

Astronomers have observed two distant galaxies - both possessing roughly as many stars as our Milky Way - careening toward each other before their inevitable merger at a time when the universe was ...

Astronomers witnessed two galaxies engaged in an intense deep-space battle for the first time. Watch the “cosmic joust” in action.