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The local universe may be expanding more slowly than previously thought, a discovery that could relieve a pesky discrepancy ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just pushed the boundaries of astronomical observation. A galaxy named MoM-z14 has been identified as the most distant object ever observed. This discovery, ...

Two new studies have measured the expansion of the universe in our immediate cosmic neighborhood using a novel method that ...

When Brant Robertson saw a new measurement of the distance to a familiar galaxy, he laughed out loud. For more than a decade, the galaxy had been a contender for the most distant ever observed. In ...

This galaxy existed just 400 million years after the Big Bang and provides new insights into the first generation of galaxies. This is the first time that the distance of an object so far away has ...

The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes. The cluster is located about 10.2 billion light ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the most distant “jellyfish galaxy” ever seen — a cosmic oddity ...

Scientists observe a dramatic collision between two planets, offering insights into the formation of Earth's Moon 4.5 billion ...

Astronomers have discovered a flattened structure of matter around the Milky Way that explains the unusual motion of nearby ...