A fossil galaxy in the outskirts of Andromeda
An unusual ultra-faint dwarf galaxy has been discovered on the outer fringes of the Andromeda Galaxy.
How the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe
The first images of James Webb Space Telescope give us a chance to see faint distant galaxies as they were more than 13 billion years ago.
Scientists discover how first quasars in universe formed
A team of experts have found that the first quasars naturally formed in the violent, turbulent conditions of rare reservoirs of gas in the early universe.
The Star That Survived a Supernova
A tenacious star validates a revised model of supernovae.
A red needle in a haystack
Astronomers have found what could be the most distant galaxy ever spotted: HD1 – it is about 13.5 billion light-years away!
ESA’s Gaia mission released new data
ESA’s Gaia mission released its new treasure trove of data about our home galaxy. Astronomers describe strange ‘starquakes’, stellar DNA, asymmetric motions and other fascinating insights in this most detailed Milky Way survey to date.