"We have discovered a galaxy that has been 'perfectly preserved' for billions of years, a true archaeological find that tells us how the first galaxies were born and helps us understand how the ...

Observing has changed a lot in since Astronomy magazine was founded in 1973. Larger telescopes, better eyepieces, and improved filters are now widespread in the amateur astronomy community. But so is ...

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Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy that is a "cosmic fossil" which has remained "frozen in time" for billions of years. Just as dinosaur fossils here on Earth are used to probe the evolution ...