Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.

A galaxy that suddenly stopped forming new stars more than 13 billion years ago has been observed by astronomers. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a 'dead' galaxy when ...

Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.

If confirmed, it might be the most distant galaxy ever, but it's not the oldest. That's an important distinction. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that.

A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Science's National Astronomical Observatories has found evidence suggesting that a "gas clump" in a fast-moving cloud in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows UGC 2885, also known as Rubin’s galaxy, which is one of the largest known spiral ...

A potential dark galaxy — one made primarily of dark matter — may have been spotted in the local universe. Dark galaxies are theoretical, starless systems whose discovery could help astronomers better ...