By all rights, they shouldn’t exist. When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) first opened its eyes to the distant past, ...

When the JWST began science observations in July 2022, it flung open a whole new window on the universe. The JWST looked ...

Small, compact galaxies seen in the early universe have puzzled astronomers – finding these unusual objects closer to home ...

Little red dots, the astronomers say, arose from halos with the lowest 1 percent of spin speeds. In fast-spinning dark matter halos, centrifugal force keeps stars and gas spread out.