A newly discovered galaxy with glowing star-filled "tentacles" is rewriting parts of cosmic history.

A rare jellyfish galaxy discovered by JWST is offering clues about how galaxies died in the early universe.

Scientists discovered a distant jellyfish galaxy with star-forming "tails" stretching back 8.5 billion years.

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Using the MeerKAT telescope, South African scientists have detected a record-breaking radio laser from a distant galaxy, ...

This is an artist’s impression of JADES-GS-z14-0, which as of today is the most distant confirmed galaxy. Galaxies in the early Universe tend to be clumpy and irregular. Supernova explosions in this ...

Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. The discovery, reported in two separate studies, was made possible thanks to the Atacama Large ...

This is an artist’s impression of JADES-GS-z14-0, which as of today is the most distant confirmed galaxy. Galaxies in the early Universe tend to be clumpy and irregular. Supernova explosions in this ...