Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a stellar bar in GN20, a massive galaxy seen just 1.5 ...

Supermassive black holes lurk at the centers of massive galaxies, including our own Milky Way. Puzzlingly, supermassive black holes more than a billion times the mass of the sun appear to exist just a ...

The formation of the first, or Population III, stars marked a pivotal epoch in cosmic history. Emerging in dark matter minihalos at redshifts of around 20–30, these metal-free objects arose from the ...

Quasars stripped early galaxies of their gas, the basic raw material for making stars.

The most striking feature of the image is its bright star clusters. Hubble captured detailed images of spiral galaxy NGC 3137 in constellation Antlia NGC 3137 is part of the NGC 3175 group, similar to ...

Adamo Newborn stars born in the biggest stellar clusters tear themselves out of their birth clouds much faster than those that grow up in small clusters, according to a new study. Using NASA's Hubble ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

The universe is full of fascinating structures, and some of the most striking take shape inside the giant clouds where stars ...

With Google I/O 2026 opening Tuesday and agentic coding confirmed as a central theme, software engineers are auditing how they configure their AI coding tools. One repository has emerged as the ...

A new method could improve cosmology research by analyzing supernovae together with the galaxies that host them.