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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What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

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

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 ...

Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace ...

The JWST's first deep-field image, depicting galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, is among the deepest and sharpest images of the night sky ever captured. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI "Space is big.