The eight ripples seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in this cosmic scene marks the most ever seen in any galaxy, and data ...
A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of a star cluster called NGC 346 are shedding light on how, when and where ...
Even today, Leavitt's period–luminosity relation is a key concept scientists ... the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mount Wilson,” said Rich. “Hubble was able to make his discovery because he had access ...
Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars, reside in a hotbed for star ...
Why it's so special: This image of a spiral galaxy taken by the Hubble Space Telescope is a portrait more than two decades in the making. Like most full-color images of space objects, it's a ...
An artist's concept of ... envisioning a massive space telescope nearly 20 feet (6 meters) wide, and suggested it could get as large as 26 feet (8 m). The Hubble Space Telescope, for comparison ...
The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and can be seen with the naked eye on a clear autumn night as “a faint ...
New U.S. Postal Service stamps released last week feature images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.