The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in ...
Astronomers have discovered two strange objects that could be young stars — except they're completely surrounded by ice.
A hundred years ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble dramatically expanded the size of the known universe. At a meeting of the ...
From vibrant star-forming nebulae to supernova explosions, check out these 7 astonishing images of deep space shared by NASA.
Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...
The full image includes some 2.5 billion pixels compiled from observations spanning more than 1,000 orbits around Earth ...
About 100 years after astronomer Edwin Hubble's discovered the "magnificent" spiral nebula, the Hubble Space Telescope and ...
Gaia, the European Space Agency’s observatory that is mapping the Milky Way, has completed the sky-scanning phase of its ...
The new composite image, which combines hundreds of photos from the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the Andromeda Galaxy with ...
Astronomers have discovered an extraordinary new giant radio galaxy with plasma jets 32 times the size of our Milky Way.
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...