Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just ...

A cosmic "bone" at the heart of the Milky Way appears to be fractured. Looking at the break, astronomers found a radio source.

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has discovered the most distant known spiral galaxy to date. This ultra-massive system, shaped like a flattened disk, existed just one ...

A Milky Way Twin in the Early Universe Among these ... a large star-forming disk, and spiral arms -- features typically seen in nearby galaxies. ''We named this galaxy Zhúlóng, meaning 'Torch ...

and well-defined spiral arms. Large spiral galaxies like the Milky Way are expected to take several billion years to form. During the first billion years of cosmic history, galaxies are thought to ...

The image of Zhúlóng shows its spiral arms, an old central bulge and a large star-forming disc, which resembles the Milky Way. (Image Credit: © NASA/CSA/ESA, M ...

Astronomers have discovered the most distant and thus earliest spiral galaxy ever seen, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This "twin" of the Milky Way existed just 1 billion years after the ...

The first image of the whole Earth from space came in 1972, when astronauts Ron Evans or Harrison Schmitt took a photo from onboard Apollo 17 while headed to the Moon. This was the first time that an ...

The Milky Way's twin from the dawn of time has been discovered thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. According to ...

The image of Zhúlóng shows its spiral arms, an old central bulge and a large star-forming disc, which resembles the Milky Way. An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE ...