Using the Hubble Space Telescope and an array of other instruments, astronomers have probed supernova wreckage in the Large ...

Known as SDSS J115331 and LEDA 2073461, these two overlapping spiral galaxies lie over a billion light-years from Earth and were captured in a photograph by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

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

Peering deep into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a rich tapestry of more than half a million stars. NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and ...

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the legendary space telescope’s launch, here are 35 of our favorite images it has ...

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

The Andromeda Galaxy's family of dwarfs are an enigma. First it was the unusual flat plane around which more than half of ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these 'polar ...

JWST discovers Zhúlóng, the earliest Milky Way-like galaxy, 800 million years after the Big Bang explosion occurred.

Discover the amazing similarities between Zhúlóng and the Milky Way, challenging our understanding of galaxy evolution.

The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary celebrations of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, which was ...

Zhúlóng is the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen. It formed 1 billion years after Big Bang, yet has a calm structure like ...