The discovery of a metal-rich star packed with both light and heavy elements hints at exotic stellar explosions and the role ...

The James Webb Telescope reveals a never-before-seen infrared image: thousands of galaxies and ancient stars expose cosmic ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Exactly how many stars are in space? – MeeSong, ...

A new cosmic deep field map from the COSMOS collaboration, powered by the James Webb Space Telescope, is rewriting what ...

The big surprise is that with JWST, we see roughly 10 times more galaxies than expected at these incredible distances.” These ...

The nature and evolution of stars, galaxies, galaxy clusters, dark matter and dark energy—and our attempts to understand these things—allow us to pose the ultimate questions and reach for the ultimate ...

Despite appearing "dead"—i.e., forming no new stars—some red galaxies may secretly be alive, quietly birthing small stars under our noses. This is the conclusion of astronomy professor Charles ...

Known for its large mass despite emitting very little light, Segue 1 is traditionally viewed as a prime candidate for studying dark matter-dominated galaxies. However, the unique investigation ...

Researchers at the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) made the discovery about galaxies by studying the gas distribution that helps create stars. Using CSIRO's ASKAP radio ...

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

Alfred University is home to the Stull Observatory and its seven independent telescopes, but relatively few students have ...