This spiral galaxy, named Alaknanda, is changing what astronomers think about how — and when — such objects form.

Back when the Universe was new, following the Big Bang some 13.8 billion years ago, galaxies took a bit of time to assemble themselves from the surrounding primordial soup. A new discovery right at ...

Indian astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a stunning grand-design spiral galaxy that remarkably resembles our Milky Way, yet it existed when the Universe was ...

Researchers just found an unexpected galaxy using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The large swirl of stars is known as ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered Alaknanda, a remarkably mature spiral galaxy existing just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. This well-organized structure, complete with a disc and ...

(CNN) — The Hubble Space Telescope has looked straight into the heart of a stunning galaxy. The observatory captured this head-on view of a grand design spiral galaxy, called NGC 3631, located about ...

A new photo of NGC 4254, or Messier 99, was captured by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. It is a grand design spiral galaxy, whose spiral arms wrap tightly around the galaxy's ...