ACT’s final data set delivers the most precise view of the early universe, mapping cosmic expansion and primordial gas ...

If our 13.8 billion-year-old cosmos could be considered middle-aged, researchers note these new images captured around its ...

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) team has captured the clearest images of the universe in its earliest stages—when it ...

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Trained on the spectacular Flame Nebula, the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes went hunting for the smallest stars in ...

How do rogue planetary-mass objects, celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size, come into existence? An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps ...

Reflecting telescopes generally take longer than refractors (lens-based ... With other objects, particularly some diffuse ...

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Solar system moved through the Orion complex around 14 million years ago Interstellar dust may have influenced Earth's ancient climate Scientists investigate links between cosmic activity and climate ...