Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed an elliptical galaxy known as ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has provided some of the most beautiful visuals of the cosmos over the years, and this year was no ...

This results in a composition that is “unexpectedly chaotic and turbulent.” “These new Hubble images show that planet nurseries can be much more active and chaotic than we expected,” Kristina Monsch, ...

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered the largest protoplanetary disk ever, nicknamed Dracula’s Chivito, about 1,000 light-years from Earth. It is 40 times bigger than our solar ...

The 23rd day of the annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar displays three spiral galaxies of varying size, seemingly close ...

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young ...

Fomalhaut lies about 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, aka the Southern Fish, and is one of the ...

Our understanding of the true nature of the cosmos relies on measurements of its expansion, but cosmologists have been ...

On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon ...

This stunning image is full of young star clusters. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Hubble Space Telescope has turned its ...

Astronomer Michael R. Blanton will join the Carnegie Science Observatories as its 12th director, overseeing astronomical research in Pasadena and telescope operations at Las Campanas Observatory in ...