New near-infrared observations by the James Webb Space Telescope highlight a tightly packed group of stars at the peculiar ...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has once again delivered a visually stunning look into the heart of the universe, ...

The Milky Way, the galaxy in which we live, gets its name from its milky-looking texture - which inspired a Greek myth that a ...

The galaxy, first seen 244 years ago, holds mysteries scientists still seek to understand. JWST’s powerful cameras now show ...

Located 500 million light-years away and imaged using the James Webb Space Telescope, this galaxy is really composed ... Or rather, it snapped 42 photos which were stitched together into this ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most comprehensive survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its history. The Hubble survey, assembled from over 1,000 orbits and ...

THERE’S some real stars quality in the nightscapes nominated for the annual Milky Way Photographer of the Year.  Photos taken ...

NASA is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Chandra X-ray Observatory launch by sharing never-before-seen photos of the largest known spiral galaxy in ... of the space shuttle Columbia mission ...

Why it's so special: This image of a spiral galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is a portrait more than two decades in the making. Like most full-color images of space objects, it's a ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an awe-inspiring new image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, known formally as Messier 104. The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary ...

NASA scientists running the James Webb Space Telescope have unveiled new photos of two galaxies dubbed ... the Egg are a great example." The Penguin galaxy, otherwise known as NGC 2936, is a ...

"How did we [take] those fancy pictures of our own galaxy, Milky Way ... science communicator and former NASA space analyst Alexandra Doten explained that we simply do not have any full pictures ...