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A new James Webb Space Telescope survey of the universe has already surpassed Hubble's most comprehensive one to date, and it's only in its first stage.

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James Webb Demolishes Hubble’s Record of Fitting the Most Galaxies in a Single Image

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have now pinpointed the location of an "engine" overpowering a galactic merger with infrared light.

James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Reveals Mysteriously Powerful “Engine” of Two Merging Galaxies

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers at Johns Hopkins University have made one of the most comprehensive maps of the Universe yet, using data previously unreleased to the public.

Amazing Map Lets You Scroll Through the Entire Known Universe

By Frank Landymore

You can't see or feel it, but our Milky Way galaxy is actually... rippling, like a galactic pond that's been hit by a cosmic stone. Here's why.

Our Entire Galaxy Is Rippling and the Reason Why Is Wild

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to the latest analysis, we could soon be looking at images of the oldest galaxy ever identified, thanks to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

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The James Webb May Have Just Found the Oldest Galaxy Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have discovered a powerful new space laser — technically a "megamaser" — a whopping five billion lightyears from Earth.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Detect Galactic Laser Coming From Deep Space

By Victor Tangermann

Oh my god, y'all — the supermassive black holes at the heart of galaxies like our Milky Way may have BFFs.

Astrophysicist Says That Supermassive Black Holes May Have “Friends”

By Noor Al-Sibai

NASA is throwing shade at some "hot mess" colliding galaxies as they become one.

Science & Energy

Hubble Space Telescope Calls Out “Hot Mess” Galactic Collision

By Noor Al-Sibai

The observable universe and the neuronal networks of the human brain are astonishingly alike according to a new paper by an astrophysicist and neurosurgeon.

Science & Energy

Scientists: The Human Brain Has Odd Similarities to the Entire Universe

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers have discovered an astonishingly Milky Way-like galaxy called SPT0418-47 more than 12 billion light-years away from our own galaxy.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Puzzled By Ancient Milky Way-Like Galaxy 12 Billion Light-Years Away

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers probing the night sky for signs of dark energy discovered almost 21,000 new, extremely-dim galaxies.

Dark Energy Researchers Discover Nearly 21,000 New Galaxies

By Dan Robitzski

Astronomers have discovered that a massive rotating disk galaxy called the Wolfe Disk dates back to only ten percent of our universe's current age.

Astronomers: Ancient “Wolfe Disk” Should Never Have Existed

By Victor Tangermann

New data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope details the "quasar tsunami," a cosmic storm of such terrifying size that it can tear apart an entire galaxy.

Science & Energy

Behold the “Quasar Tsunami,” Which Can Kill an Entire Galaxy

By Jon Christian

An international team of astronomers spotted what's believed to be the oldest collection of galaxies in the known universe.

Science & Energy

Astronomers Just Found the Oldest Galaxies in the Universe

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers used to think quasars took thousands of years to form. Then they caught six galaxies transitioning into quasars in a matter of months.

Science & Energy

Six Galaxies Just Suddenly Ignited Into Voracious Quasars

By Kristin Houser

Distant galaxies are being killed off and rendered unable to form new stars. Now, astrophysicists are trying to figure out why.

Science & Energy

Astrophysicists Warn That Entire Galaxies “Are Being Killed”

By Dan Robitzski

Using a supercomputer, scientists simulated 8 million virtual universes — and discovered something new about galactic evolution in the process.

Science & Energy

Scientists Found a Way to Create Millions of Virtual Universes

By Kristin Houser

Using the Netherlands-based Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), astronomers have added another 300,000 galaxies to our map of the universe.

Science & Energy

Scientists Just Discovered 300,000 New Galaxies

By Kristin Houser

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

Science & Energy

Check Out This Stunning Image of a Far-off Galaxy

By Kristin Houser

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We Just Discovered 72 New Galaxies, Which Means Trillions of New Alien Worlds

By Kristin Houser

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Science & Energy

A Galaxy 5 Billion Light-Years Away Just Taught Us Something New About the Universe

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Physicists Have Discovered a Gigantic Magnetic Bridge Spanning Galaxies

By Christianna Reedy

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Supermassive Black Holes Suggest We May Be Very Wrong About How Our Universe Formed

By Christianna Reedy

We Were Just Thrust Into a New Age in Astronomy

Science & Energy

We Were Just Thrust Into a New Age in Astronomy

By Daniel Barker

Meet Vela, the Huge Supercluster Just Detected by Astronomers

Meet Vela, the Huge Supercluster Just Detected by Astronomers

By Jess Vilvestre

The Universe is Far Bigger Than We Thought, and It Has 10x More Galaxies

The Universe is Far Bigger Than We Thought, and It Has 10x More Galaxies

From Earth to Supermassive Stars: A Remarkable Look At The Scale of The Cosmos

From Earth to Supermassive Stars: A Remarkable Look At The Scale of The Cosmos

By Arra Dianne Hifarva