"We were surprised by the streams of light that were visible near the center of the galaxies, as nothing similar has been ...

With its origins tracing back to the 1970s, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery on ...

Once mistaken for a fuzzy star cluster, the stunning Squid Galaxy—formally known as Messier 77—has transformed in the eyes of astronomers over the centuries. Originally discovered in the 1700s by ...

New images from the decommissioned Atacama Cosmology Telescope offer the most detailed view of the cosmic microwave background. The data reveals early cosmic structures, tracks primordial gas ...

This new image, released on April 4, 2025, showcases the dazzling young star cluster NGC 346. Although both the James Webb ...

Newly-processed image of Small Magellanic Cloud star cluster shows that this old space telescope can still impress with its ...

SEE ALSO: Hubble sees mini galaxies surrounding Andromeda are pretty wild The Hubble Space Telescope, a partnership of NASA and the European Space Agency, studies the universe in mostly visible ...

The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941, which lies about 67 million light ...

O n April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope flew aboard space shuttle Discovery, which makes this year the 35th ...