Data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of small galaxies that played a starring role in a cosmic makeover that transformed the early universe into the one we know today.

If you look across space with a telescope, you'll see countless galaxies, most of which host large central black holes, ...

A monster galaxy from the early universe shows that the cosmos was rich with oxygen when it was only less than 3% of its present age, astronomers have found. The discovery raises questions about how ...

For years, astronomers have been working to piece together the story of our universe, but the critical early chapters remained largely incomplete. Our telescopes simply haven't been sensitive enough ...

An international team led by the University of Oxford has identified one of the largest rotating structures ever reported: a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. White diamonds mark 20 of the 83 small starburst galaxies spotted by JWST. Galaxies like ...

Like cosmic toddlers, galaxies in the young universe were messy and had difficulty settling down, a new study shows. Using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists peered at more ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. White diamond symbols mark the locations of 20 of the 83 newfound young, low-mass galaxies ...