"What makes Zhúlóng stand out is just how much it resembles the Milky Way—both in shape, size and stellar mass," said the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Zhúlóng, a candidate for the most distant spiral galaxy in the universe. The ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known ...

NOIRLab shared stunning views of the total lunar eclipse in the night sky over Chile, complete with a blood red moon and beautiful, star-studded Milky Way.

Images of the distant spiral galaxy are changing conceptions of the speed and process by which galaxies form.

Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the gas in the central ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

It’s a perfect time to dust off that astrophotography rig and get imaging seasonal deep-sky objects, which in spring means galaxies. With the night side of Earth well-placed for observations away from ...

A decade after the Elan Valley was awarded International Dark Sky Park status, its starlit skies are drawing a new kind of ...