This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye ...

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Cosmic Leviathan: A galaxy cluster, resembling a submerged sea monster, distorts spacetime around it, as captured by the ...

"The biggest surprise was seeing the distinct spiral shape in the Hubble Space Telescope images. At first I was worried I had made an error," said Achenbach. This galaxy still has the spiral arms ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

Hubble snapped the image about six weeks after the supernova was discovered. That's why SN 2024PI appears here as a small blue dot, which is much fainter than its maximum brilliance. Related: The best ...