This newly discovered explosion from the dawn of time is helping scientists map the chemical evolution of the first galaxies.

Astrophysicists are closing in on one of the strangest possibilities in stellar evolution, a compact remnant that might sit ...

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A mysterious bar-shaped cloud of iron has been discovered inside the iconic Ring Nebula by a European team led by astronomers at UCL (University ...

One of the most vivid portraits of "reborn" black hole activity—likened to the eruption of a "cosmic volcano" spreading ...

Since launching in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has found hundreds of distant and apparently bright galaxies dubbed ...

For the past few years, astronomers have grappled with a cosmic enigma first revealed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

Puzzling red spots in photos from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by ...

The mystery in question revolves around the objects known as little red dots. The rest of this article is behind a paywall.

Dark nebulas are notoriously challenging to capture because they emit little to no light of their own. Meyer imaged LDN 1245 ...

Learn how mapping the Ring Nebula’s light revealed a massive iron bar hidden for decades.

A colossal bar of iron hidden inside the Ring Nebula may be the ghostly remains of a planet destroyed by a dying star.