The Hubble Space Telescope, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, has been providing breathtaking images and invaluable data for ...

The James Webb Space Telescope's latest image shows eight spectacular examples of gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that ...

The first stars in the universe formed out of pristine hydrogen and helium clouds, in the first few hundred million years ...

If there is an absolute law in the universe, it’s that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. Space is big, and ...

According to data from the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, the origins of the free-flying photons in the early cosmic ...

The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earth-like planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...

Wisconsin's historic Yerkes Observatory reveals a place where Edwin Hubble, Carl Sagan, and many pioneering women of ...

From comets blazing in from other star systems to galaxies no one knew were there, the discoveries keep piling up. Let’s dig into what the Webb and Hubble telescopes have uncovered recently. So the ...

Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones.

Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have ...

Hidden within veils of gas and dust lies the brilliant heart of Messier 82 (M82), better known as the Cigar Galaxy. This galaxy has earned its reputation as one of the most energetic star-forming ...

Hubble’s latest image captures the dazzling spiral galaxy NGC 6000, lying 102 million light-years away in Scorpius. Its golden core and bright blue arms reveal a striking contrast between old, cool ...