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

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

The Milky Way may have a twin. The discovery of the most distant spiral galaxy to date may change the way we think about both ...

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

A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.

The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...

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

An international team has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system existed just one billion years after the Big Bang and already shows a remarkably ...

Back when the Universe was new, following the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, galaxies took a bit of time to assemble ...

The CMZ spans almost 700 light years and contains some of the most dense molecular gas in the galaxy. Over the years, ...

After more than a decade of mapping billions of stars across the Milky Way and beyond, a groundbreaking spacecraft is ...