Cosmic dawn galaxies seen by JWST reveal hidden clues about dark matter and keep rival theories about its true nature alive.

Scientists once thought the early universe didn't make them.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has recently made a historic observation, identifying the earliest supernova ever detected. This discovery, made possible by Webb’s advanced imaging capabilities, was ...

A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary ...

Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...

A futuristic telescope design could one day let scientists finally look at fine details of the atmosphere of Earth-sized exoplanets — confirming if some are potentially habitable worlds. It would do ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics (CAA) provides an ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

The B.S. in astronomy & astrophysics at UW offers students an adventurous course of study in astronomical objects—from stars to black holes to solar systems—and their properties and functions. The ...