Long gamma-ray bursts may trace collapsing stars rather than neutron-star mergers

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts are some of the most energetic events in the universe, releasing more energy in just a few ...
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Astronomers Discovered a ‘Cosmic Fossil’ in the Making—the Most Chemically Primitive Galaxy Seen Yet—by Peering Back to the Edge of Time

The James Webb Space Telescope observed 13-billion-year-old light, using a closer galactic cluster like a magnifying glass.

Young stellar activity drives galactic evolution across the universe

Astronomers have revealed new details about how young stars shape their galactic surroundings in a new study. Researchers analyzed about 18,000 star-forming regions in nearby spiral galaxies using ...

The Webb telescope has captured its first 'bulge fossil fragment'

Many of the developments shared by astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope and similar instruments center on trying ...