For most of human history, understanding the night sky was not the preserve of scientists, but a precious tool for our ...

In the year 1181, something incredible happened in the night sky. A new star appeared, dazzling observers around the world.

Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

But in a new MIT-led study, astronomers observed some ancient quasars that appear to be surprisingly alone in the early universe. The astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

A supernova is hard to miss because it's so bright and appears in the sky suddenly. Ancient astronomers recorded several of them. In 2009, astronomers discovered the only other confirmed failed ...

It was impossible to track down these ancient stars until recently. Khyati Malhan and Hans-Walter Rix of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy combined the capabilities of two leading galactic ...

The astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer back in time, more than 13 billion years, to study the cosmic surroundings of five known ancient quasars.

Imagine what the ancient Hawaiian astronomers might have seen that night. If they looked up at the sky, they would have witnessed the same stunning phenomenon as their Asian counterparts.

But in a new MIT-led study, astronomers observed some ancient quasars that appear to be surprisingly alone in the early universe. The astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer ...