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It’s a radical but plausible idea.

Finding it at all was a happy accident. Examining it further may help unlock the secrets hiding within the earliest galaxies of all.

With no other galaxies in its vicinity for ~100 million light-years in all directions, it’s as isolated and lonely as a galaxy can be.

Dispatches host Kmele Foster is on a journey to understand humanity’s role in the cosmos. His first stop? The Atacama Plateau in Northern Chile, home to the darkest deserts and largest telescopes on earth.

Such discoveries help researchers better understand the development of molecular complexity in space during star formation.

The Universe isn’t as “clumpy” as we think it should be.

Sometimes, going “deeper” doesn’t reveal the answers you seek. By viewing more Universe with better precision, ESA’s Euclid mission shines.

Humanity’s newest, most powerful space telescope is performing even better than predicted. The reason why is unprecedented.

Almost all of the stars, planets, and interesting physics happens in the inner portions of galaxies. Is that conventional wisdom all wrong?

Like humans, stars die. The James Webb Space Telescope’s early images already give us a lot of information about how this happens.

With infrared capabilities and image sharpness far beyond Hubble’s limits, JWST looked at Hubble’s deepest field, revealing so much more.

NASA has finally chosen which flagship mission, like Hubble and JWST, will launch in ~2040. Detecting alien life is now a reachable goal.

There are only a precious few minutes of totality during even the best solar eclipses. Don’t waste yours making these avoidable mistakes.

What are dark matter and dark energy? The large-scale structure of the cosmos encodes them both, with ESA’s Euclid mission leading the way.

Scientists may have detected the somewhat smelly chemical dimethyl sulfide on a planet 120 light-years from Earth.

A history of injustice and the greatest natural location for ground-based telescopes have long been at odds. Here’s how the healing begins.

The center of the galaxy doesn’t just host stars and a black hole, but an enormous set of rich gassy and dusty features. Find out more!

Hubble showed us what our modern day Universe looks like. JWST’s big goal was to teach us how the Universe grew up. Here’s where we are now.

Here in our Solar System, we only have one star: a singlet. For many systems, including the highest-mass ones, that’s anything but the norm.

Galactic activity doesn’t just arrive when supermassive black holes feast on matter. Before, during, and after all create fascinating signs.

Is gravity weaker over distances of billions of light-years?

Einstein’s theory of general relativity introduced the concept of space having a shape. So, what is the shape of space?

On July 12, 2022, JWST will release its first science images. Here are 5 ways the telescope’s findings could change science forever.

Nearly half of all stars are born in binary systems, with the most massive ones dying the fastest. It’s not pretty for the “second” star.

This first-of-its-kind image offers a detailed look at the magnetic fields within the Central Molecular Zone.

Despite many ultra-distant galaxy candidates found with JWST, we still haven’t seen anything from the Universe’s first 250 million years.

Finding life beyond our Solar System requires understanding its host planet.

The highest-energy particles could be a sign of new, unexpected physics. But the simplest, most mundane explanation is particularly iron-ic.

The first observational evidence showing the Universe is expanding is 100 years old now: in 2023. Here’s the story of its 100th anniversary.

Along with gravitational lensing and ALMA’s incredible long-wavelength spectroscopy, JWST is reshaping our view of the early Universe.