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

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

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

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

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 ...

A deep field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI | mash mix: Space.com Music: Tranquil Dawn by Amber Glow / courtesy of ...

Edwin Hubble's discovery of the expanding universe transformed cosmology, revealing countless galaxies and laying the ...

The Wide-Field Instrument ... and resolution to Hubble, but WFI will capture images that cover about 100 times more sky in a single observation and will survey the sky up to 1,000 times faster. 2.

But the answer had to wait for the Hubble Space Telescope’s far vision in the legendary Hubble Deep Field in 1994. The most impactful ... is now known as the Hubble Constant. Andromeda image courtesy ...

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

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