Astronomers armed with exceptionally detailed James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images have discovered dozens of ancient ...

The cutting-edge observatory is charged with seeing some of the earliest visible light, and the recent image achieves a new ...

The galaxy Dragon Arc was observed along the line of sight to the galaxy cluster Abell 370, which acts as a cosmic magnifying glass.

Pictures show how the stars look during a period known as the cosmic noon - the middle ages of the universe when the most ...

Over 40 stars in a galaxy billions of light-years away were photographed, offering a glimpse into an era when the universe ...

Looking halfway across the observable universe and expecting to see individual stars is considered a non-starter in astronomy ...

Gravitational lenses have been used previously to resolve individual stars in the distant Universe. Using the microlensing of ...

A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the discovery.

The discovery was made owing to a scientific phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, which is when a large celestial body ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...

Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope can observe some incredibly distant galaxies, stretching all the ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic 'double lens,' astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.