"We report the discovery of one of the most distant galaxies known to date," astrophysicist Joris Witstok told Newsweek.

A galaxy inside a bubble may be evidence that the universe was starting to become transparent 330 million years after the big bang ...

According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...

Cristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics ...

A new map of cosmic expansion suggests that dark energy evolves over time, hinting that the universe doesn’t work the way we ...

The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly ...

All of the newly discovered moons are classified as "irregular moons," which are objects captured by Saturn early in the solar system's history. Listen to Story These moons are small, measuring only a ...

Researchers in Spain have unearthed a fossil from a potential new prehistoric member of the human family tree, and they say it's the earliest known remnants of a face discovered in Western Europe.

Astronomers announced the discovery of 128 new moons orbiting Saturn on Tuesday. The moons are only a few kilometers in size. Saturn has more moons than any planet in our solar system. Astronomers ...

A tiny shark species dating back hundreds of millions of years has been identified at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, the National Park Service announced Monday. The identification was ...

Chris Stringer, a research leader in human evolution at London’s Natural History Museum, said the discovery was a “very important find.” “The facial shape is distinct from that of ...

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