The formation of galaxies in the universe should follow a fairly simple path. It starts with small galaxies, which then grow bigger and bigger until they become the giant galaxies we see in the modern ...

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has ushered in an exciting new era of astronomy, unveiling galaxies that existed in the ...

The vastness of space allows for a huge variety of structures to pop up all over the place. Even things we think of as one-and-done objects—like galaxies—come in quite a few shapes and sizes. Follow ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the Big Bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar ...

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Six massive galaxies discovered in the early universe are upending what scientists previously understood about the origins of galaxies in the universe. Six massive galaxies discovered in the early ...

Travel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that ...

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(CNN) -- The James Webb Space Telescope just peered into a celestial Pandora's box to see what lies beyond a megacluster of galaxies. The space observatory observed Pandora's Cluster, also known as ...

At some point, the first stars formed. Then came small galaxies. Like a celestial Macondo, each galaxy became a hometown for stellar family trees. When these ancestors receded away in an expanding ...