Astronomers released accurate measurements of the universe and its aspects, and the star formation peak led the universe to ...

Galaxies have been experiencing vigorous bursts of star formation from much earlier in cosmic history than previously thought, according to new observations by a Caltech-led team. These so-called ...

A team of researchers at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC) has created a new simulation of early galaxy formation. The simulation allows us to get a fascinating, albeit brief ...

Will the universe keep existing forever? An astrophysicist explains how scientists aren’t entirely sure, but they can make ...

Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole ...

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Discover how JWST's groundbreaking observations of the oldest galaxies reveal new insights into early galaxies discovery and transform our understanding of galaxy formation.

WASHINGTON -- A half billion years of utter blackness following the Big Bang, the theoretical start of the universe, was broken by an explosion of stars bursting into life like a fireworks finale ...

gravitational collapse of a cloud of hydrogen and helium some 100 times more massive than the sun. “Our modeling suggests that the first star may have condensed from a protogalactic cloud into a ...

Among the most fundamental questions in astronomy is: How did the first stars and galaxies form? NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is already providing new insights into this question. One of the ...

Observations in the past decade have demonstrated that extremely massive supermassive black holes were already in place when the Universe was less than 800 million years old. Supermassive black holes ...