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For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars in the universe affect light emitted from the Big Bang. Using telescopes ...

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models." ...

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, predicted eclipses and used their observations to construct calendars, develop ...

Rochester Institute of Technology astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb ...

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Astronomers used James Webb Space Telescope data to determine the density of the universe's most mysterious "stuff." ...

A new study has connected the famous m87 black hole, the first ever imaged, to its powerful cosmic jet, revealing how it ...

A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope has produced the most detailed map of dark matter to date.