Discover why astronomy and cosmology are the universe's mapmakers. Discover how scientists trace galaxies, the cosmic web, and the large-scale architecture of our entire existence in three dimensions ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed the most distant, early galaxy in the known universe. The new contender, MoM-z14 ...

An extremely early Type II supernova explosion, named after the Titan goddess of dawn in Greek mythology, occurred just 1 ...

Compared with the all-too-brief lifespan of 100 or so years for humans — and even less for most plants and animals — the age of the known universe is mindbogglingly long. Currently estimated to be ...

Astronomers have discovered the oldest living star in the universe -- and, remarkably, it's situated right on our galactic doorstep, just 6,000 light years away, well within the Milky Way. The star, ...

Ordinary matter – basically, anything other than dark matter – makes up about 15% of all matter. But half of it has long been missing. Powerful bursts of radio waves emanating from 69 locations in the ...