Woolly mammoths, giant sloths and saber-toothed cats were a fact of life for early humans. New clues in Earth’s northernmost ...

The Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to a wide-brimmed Mexican hat, has now been captured in a completely new light ...

Determining the expansion rate of the universe, the "Hubble constant," shapes our understanding of the cosmos, its age, and its fate.

Astronomers are closer than ever to working out how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying.

"Why do they have the same rotation? They must have a connection with each other — that would be a very strong question that ...

Astronomers have long used the Milky Way as a benchmark for studying galaxy formation and evolution, assuming that its ...

The sharp resolution of Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) also brings into focus details of the galaxy’s outer ring, ...

The infrared-light image captured by the JWST's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) reveals the galaxy in a totally different way ...

Research shows that galaxies form inside gigantic haloes of dark matter, the elusive substance that doesn't interact with ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a groundbreaking image of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing new details about its ...

Astronomers often use the Milky Way as a standard for studying how galaxies form and evolve. Since we’re inside it, ...