The Extended Groth Strip is the skinny box at upper right off the handle of the Big Dipper. The middle panel shows the full strip, a small portion of which is enlarged at right. Credit: NASA/ESA/ M.

New findings from a large survey of galaxies suggest that star formation is largely driven by the supply of raw materials, rather than by galactic mergers that trigger sudden bursts of star formation.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer back in time over 10 billion years, observing an early era in cosmic history. In doing so, the team from the University of Kansas ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have peered into galaxies that existed at cosmic noon to hunt ravenously feeding black holes and bursts of starbirth. When you purchase through links ...