Looking towards the center of the Milky Way, astronomers have previously spotted giant structures that are sometimes referred ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered Zhúlóng, the most distant known spiral galaxy, existing just ...

Stargazers accustomed to scanning the Milky Way galaxy may notice something odd overhead this month: barely any milk in that way.

Initially, the astronomer who first made note of this fuzzy-looking glowing cluster thought it might be a nebula. But it’s ...

A surprisingly well-formed spiral galaxy has been spotted just a billion years after the Big Bang, challenging long-held ...

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Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope for the largest and deepest sample of galaxy groups, some of which were up to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a rare "Einstein ring," revealing two distant galaxies in an optical illusion ...

Stranded astronauts and celebrity space tourism have piqued interest in space — and a photography exhibition in the museum is ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory helped diagnose the cause behind a large kink in a huge filament near the center of the ...

In celebration of 35 years spent in orbit around Earth, the Hubble team has released a set of four new images showing the ...