The nearby bright star Vega is surrounded by a surprisingly smooth, 100 billion-mile-wide disk of cosmic dust, confirming ...

The gauzy-looking celestial body UGC 5829 is an irregular galaxy that lies about 30 million light-years away. The Little Dumbbell Nebula, located 3,400 light-years away, is found in the northern ...

Space telescopes are prominent uses of optical technologies. Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope is renowned for its ...

Data collected by Hubble has also revealed a live Type I supernova called SN 2017GAX, which can be seen tucked just below the ...

Astronomers have spotted thousands of young stars huddled around the center of an ancient galaxy, all of which formed nearly ...

It seems like almost yesterday that a teacher told me when I was very young, that the Milky Way was the very end of our ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space telescopes ...

JWST, a groundbreaking space observatory, enhances our understanding of the cosmos by studying distant galaxies, star ...

NGC 1672, a stunning barred spiral galaxy located 49 million light-years away in the constellation Dorado, puts on a dazzling ...

NASA This is the image of Little Dumbbell Nebula located 3,400 light-years away from Earth. This was shared by NASA to ...

A traveling exhibit will be on display at the Putnam Museum with a close-up view of the stars. NASA’s Hubble: New Views of ...

Space-based telescopes are remarkable. Their view isn't obscured by the weather in our atmosphere, and so they can capture ...