Spacecraft sees infant galaxies in aging universe
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Billions of years after a galactic &quot;baby boom,&quot; a NASA spacecraft has detected dozens of newborn galaxies in Earth&#39;s part of the universe.
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The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted what may be the youngest galaxy ever seen in the Universe.
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Two independent teams of astronomers are reporting that they might be zeroing in on the time that bright galaxies began to light up the primordial universe.
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Scientists need help sorting through an unusual digital photo album: pictures of about 1 million galaxies.
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Astronomers are watching a galaxy rip to shreds, a finding that could help reveal how galaxies go from stellar riches to rags.
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Astronomers believe they've picked up light generated 13 billion years ago by some of the first stars in the universe.
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FIRM evidence that our universe is still forming has been obtained by an orbiting NASA telescope which has revealed what appears to be massive new galaxies.
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The Hubble Space Telescope has produced a vivid portrait of the early days of the universe, when baby galaxies were forming and stars were just beginning to shine.
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Astronomers have found ancient galaxies that appear to be the building blocks of our own Milky Way.
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New and relatively cheap telescope technology is putting the universe into incredibly sharp focus. Is the Hubble being rendered obsolete?
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A well-researched study by the National Academy of Sciences makes a persuasive case for refurbishing the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA, which is reluctant to take this mission, should rethink its position.
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Monday's flyby, the first visit in 33 years, is expected to render new images and data that can shed light on the origins of the solar system.
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An asteroid with a wild orbit is about to zoom by our planet. Plus: Solving the mystery of the Pioneer anomaly could take decades.... A biologist finds a chunk of space shuttle Columbia. By Amit Asaravala.
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Daniel M. Tani's 90-year-old mother died in an auto accident this week, but he has no way of getting home until late January. He must grieve from more than 200 miles away Â in orbit, aboard the international space station.
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From 26,000 light-years-- near the center of our galaxy-- comes a radio signal that can be interpreted as a cloud of sugar molecules, one key component of what might have assisted the development of life if transported on primordial comets.    Astrobiology Magazine -- Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's giant Robert C...
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NEW YORK Humans might know that the universe is thought to be 15 billion years old, or that the Milky Way was formed 13 billion years ago, but the way we feel about ourselves in relation to a 4.5 billion-year-old earth is not much different from the way
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A systematic search for the first bright galaxies to form in the early universe has revealed a dramatic jump in the number of such galaxies around 13 billion years ago.