Fulfilling one of its central operational goals in a big way, the Southern Observatory for Astrophysical Research (SOAR) telescope on Cerro Pachón in Chile made the first observations of the glowing ...

Some of the galaxies had been seen before with the Hubble Space Telescope, but JWST's sharper infrared vision reveals details that were completely hidden until now. Others are brand-new discoveries, ...

The size and age of our Universe is not only a critically important issue in cosmology, but is also among the most controversial and delicate of the cosmological questions. Infrared observations made ...

The stars just got a little closer for Valley skywatchers. The International Dark Sky Discovery Center in Fountain Hills ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a galaxy far, far away. So far, in fact, that it is the farthest galaxy ever seen in the universe. NASA announced Thursday that researchers had ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. The newest record-holder has had its light redshifted by a whopping ...