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

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

The James Webb telescope's search for habitable exoplanets is getting a big boost from its new star-watching companion, ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unexpected features in the early universe, including ...

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

Three billion years after the Big Bang, a massive galaxy already looked like it had run out of time. It spun in a calm, ...

Astronomers have discovered that a young galaxy was gradually starved by its central supermassive black hole, in what was ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new Type II supernova. The ...

Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three ...

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For years, strange red dots in James Webb images left scientists puzzled. New research shows they are young black holes ...

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...