Durham researchers are pushing the boundaries of physics research, contributing to major advances in our understanding of the ...

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For years, the James Webb Space Telescope has been spotting enormous black holes in the early universe that defy all ...

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"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most ...

This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month brings us a scene from the distant universe. Pictured here ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

While two teams have ideas about what happened to yellow supergiant M31-2014-DS1, ultimately, it remains a mystery.

Space telescopes are all the rage, and rightfully so. The images they take are spectacular, and they’ve greatly increased what we know about the universe. Surely, any picture taken of, say, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

The new Dobsonian telescope and free astronomy courses will help residents chart galaxies and their own cosmic curiosity ...

A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the ...