This shimmering view of interstellar gas and dust was captured by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope. The ...

A craggy mountain peak, a tower, perhaps even a finger — in this new celestial dreamscape from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), something seems to be pointing at a cluster of bright stars above, ...

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This new James Webb Space Telescope image features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537–the Red Spider Nebula. Using its ...

When you think of telescopes in space, you probably think of the Hubble Space Telescope and its younger, larger sibling, the James Webb Space Telescope. Both are multi-billion-dollar international ...

While most scientists believe it’s a natural comet, one Harvard astronomer has suggested its unusual features could hint at ...

The month brings a spectacular lineup of celestial sights—including a rare chance to see Mercury without a telescope and a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed 3D map ever made of stellar nurseries in our Milky ...

Both galaxies can be spotted as small, diffuse patches of light northwest of Dubhe — the bright star marking the lip of the ...

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