The James Webb Space Telescope can look deeper (and earlier) into the cosmos than any telescope before it. How much do you ...

The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye ...

"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

Behold, the giants! The Hubble Space Telescope has completed a decade of observing Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C (Sgr C). Reported to be around 300 light-years from the Milky Way’s central ...

A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured new imagery of supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. It is 11,000 light-years away in the Cassiopeia constellation. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA, ...

Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.

Cosmic Leviathan: A galaxy cluster, resembling a submerged sea monster, distorts spacetime around it, as captured by the ...

Peculiar Pair IC 4271: This new Hubble Space Telescope image of IC 4271, also known as Arp 40, is a curious pair of spiral galaxies some 800 million light-years away. A Jellyfish Galaxy Adrift: The ...