Webb captures merging galaxy pairs known as II ZW 96. It is located around 500 million light-years away from Earth.

NASA selects two proposals for missions to observe X-ray and far-infrared wavelengths of light from space for additional ...

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from Earth. The dwarf galaxy is one ...

Lightspeed travel is a popular concept in sci-fi and pop culture, but it's not a technology we are likely to see anytime soon ...

Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial ...

In this photo taken on Sept. 16, 1993, NASA astronauts James H. Newman (left), and Carl E. Walz evaluate procedures and gear ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the ...

Hubble unexpectedly finds double quasar: This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a pair of quasars (known ...

Astronomers have identified three ultra-massive galaxies -- nearly as massive as the Milky Way -- already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang. This surprising discovery was made ...

An international team of astronomers has identified three ultra-massive galaxies—each nearly as massive as the Milky ...

Astrophysicists developed a theoretical model that could be used to estimate how likely it is for intelligent life to emerge ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 6956. The galaxy is located "214 million light-years ...