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Young galaxies in the early universe adopted elongated shapes as they formed along filaments of the cosmic web, before evolving into more disc-like galaxies.

The Maria Mitchell Association will host a pop-up science talk by its research fellows, Emmy Wisz and August Muller, discussing "In a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Spectral Analyses of Distant Galaxies." …

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a massive chain of 20 galaxies in the early universe, raising questions about the formation of the largest structures in the cosmos.

Significant amounts of nickel observed in galaxies only two-to-three billion years after the Big Bang.

A recent deep field image from the Webb Space Telescope, showcasing a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, features two galaxies. These galaxies are remarkable for their distance from Earth, being the second and fourth most distant galaxies ever observed, according to a team of researchers that recently scrutinized the image.

On Tuesday (Nov. 7), we'll get to see the universe in full color through the eyes of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid probe for the first time.

Two NASA telescopes discovered the oldest known black hole, which formed just 470 million years after the big bang created the universe.

Pictures could also help tell some of the universe’s biggest secrets

Eight billion years ago, something happened in a distant galaxy that sent an incredibly powerful blast of radio waves hurtling through the universe.Astronomers revealed on Thursday that this particular FRB was more powerful and came from much farther away than any previously recorded, having travelled eight billion light years from when the universe was less than half its current age.

An "Einstein cross" is a fascinating phenomenon that resembles a flower with four petals.