Webb first observed the region called Sagittarius C in 2023. Now researchers are now using those observations to study star formation in the wider area around the center of the Milky Way, known as the ...

Stars are the architects of nearly all the chemical elements in the universe, including ones crucial to life as we know it, ...

A Michigan State University researcher saw X-rays coming from a black hole using the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope ...

In the early Universe, galaxies proliferated by absorbing gas and forming stars. Eventually, this growth stops in a process ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence of a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of ...

A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. There are two main ...

The spins of some early galaxies could be a clue that the entire observable universe exists within a black hole—except, that ...

In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

In new images, scientists have gotten the close look yet at Sagittarius C—a "stellar nursery" where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.

Uncover the insights gained from the Webb telescope about early galaxies and their role in illuminating the universe.

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...