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Cosmic Evolution

Early Universe Galaxy Formation Galaxies Big Bang Planet Formation Black Hole Formation Dark Matter Gas Dynamics CEERS Survey Galaxy Mergers Planetary Ages Infrared Astronomy Matter Composition Hydrogen Atoms Matter Flow End of the Universe Reionization Stellar Evolution Galaxies and Black Holes Black Holes Matter Accumulation Stellar Dynamics Age of Celestial Bodies Formation of Galaxies Temperature of the Universe Primordial Clouds Star Formation History Formation of Black Holes COSMOS Survey Supernova Remnants Universe Expansion Supernova Evolution Formation of Structures Cosmic Noon Star Formation Supermassive Black Holes Black Hole Growth Element Formation

NASA Advances PRIMA Far‑Infrared Telescope Into Phase B

Preliminary design and technology work will be reviewed to decide whether the mission moves to implementation under a $1.2 billion project cap.

JWST Pixel Analysis Reveals Four Close Little Red Dot Pairs Pointing to Early Black‑Hole Clustering

Euclid Finds 31 Quasars From the Universe’s First 700 Million Years

Euclid Finds 31 Primordial Quasars, Including Two New Distance Records

JWST Survey Delivers Most Detailed Map of the Cosmic Web to Date

Chandra Spots First X-Ray Little Red Dot, Pointing to Early Black Hole Growth

Hubble Maps 25 Years of Expansion in the Crab Nebula

Eccentric Orbit Confirmed in Neutron Star–Black Hole Merger GW200105

Supermassive Black Hole in J1007+3540 Restarts Jets After 100 Million Years

JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Black Holes Shrouded in Gas, Nature Study Finds

Astronomers Map 50-Million–Light-Year Rotating Cosmic Filament Nearby

Euclid Data Maps a Cooling Universe as Star Formation Declines

JWST Study Proposes ‘Black Hole Stars’ to Explain Mysterious Early‑Universe Red Dots

Dual Lensing-Kinematics Study Confirms 36-Billion-Solar-Mass Black Hole in Cosmic Horseshoe

Astronomers Capture First Evidence of Quasar Radiation Halting Star Formation in Galaxy Collision