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The photos capture both our neighboring planets and galaxies far, far away in a stunning release to celebrate one of NASA’s ...
This week brings the Hubble Space Telescope's 35th birthday – but instead of getting presents, the Hubble team is giving out ...
The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...
Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...
A massive clump of dark matter in the Perseus galaxy cluster is linked to its core by a bridge of dark matter, evidence of a ...
Auroras are natural light displays that occur when charged particles from the sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field and ...
Astronomers have confirmed a wandering black hole, about seven times the mass of the Sun, 5,000 light-years from Earth.
A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit ... What appears to be a single, strangely shaped galaxy is actually two galaxies far apart," the ...
One of the most spectacular galaxies in Earth's sky is the subject of a new image release to help celebrate 35 years of Hubble operations. The Sombrero Galaxy (Messier 104), located some 31 million ...
The Webb telescope has spotted exoplanets circling white dwarf stars, proving that planets can survive their star’s violent ...
A blob of gas seen outside the Milky Way could be a type of starless, dark matter–dominated galaxy. Some scientists are skeptical.
Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung ...