The galaxy's discovery challenges our understanding of how galaxies were formed in the early period after the Big Bang.

A surprisingly mature spiral galaxy named Alaknanda has been spotted just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang—far earlier ...

Indian astronomers have identified a surprisingly mature, Milky Way-like galaxy from the universe’s early era. Named ...

Indian researchers have unearthed a massive galaxy from the universe's infancy, challenging existing theories on early galaxy ...

In fact, these jets often expand into wide plumes or “lobes” that fan out far above and below their host galaxies. The jets ...

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is estimated to be 13.6 billion years old. It began to form a few hundred million years after the ...

This image by Taiwanese photographer Shang Yao-Yuan shows that you don't need the latest kit to capture the cosmos ...

The vantage point at Cerro Pachón, with its dark skies and high-altitude clarity, enhances the richness of the image.

Using some of the world's most powerful telescopes, a team of researchers found more than 280 galaxies stretched in a line ...

Galaxies like our Milky Way grew through cascading mergers of smaller galaxies that began billions of years ago. The ancient ...