Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

NGC 2002: In the middle of this Hubble Space Telescope image, a twinkling group of stars known as Globular star cluster NGC 2002 takes center stage. NGC 2660: This sparkling constellation of stars ...

Discovering a single distant star is remarkable on its own. In November 2024, astronomers captured the first detailed image of a star outside our galaxy—a red supergiant in its final stages of life.

McQuinn said the observations will help pin down not only when little galaxies formed their stars, but how the reionization of the universe may have impacted how small structures form.