The James Webb Space Telescope’s first picture released to the public showed off thousands of galaxies. At first glance, the pinpoints of light shining in the blackness of space look like little stars ...
Located only 56 million light-years away in Ursa Major, NGC 4102 gives astronomers a nearby target to study how these active ...
Galaxies brimming with stars and even evidence of supermassive black holes can be seen in stunning new photos unveiled by NASA captured by its James Webb Space Telescope. The collection depicts ...
This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows an unusual type of galaxy named for its aquatic look-alike: a jellyfish. The jellyfish galaxy JO206 is shown below in an image taken using ...
As scientists continue learning more about how galaxies form, the James Webb Space Telescope is aiding their quest with new imagery of one being born “inside-out.” Researchers from the University of ...
Due to the audio medium of radio, we tend to associate radio waves with sound, but they are a type of light. Just like we can ...
Mosaic images from the COSMOS-Web program offer a treasure trove of early galaxies. The first epoch of COSMOS-Web observations obtained with the NIRCam instrument on Jan. 5-6, 2023. Image credit: ...
The newest images from the James Webb Space Telescope, released today by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, show stars, gas, and dust on small scales in 19 nearby disk galaxies beyond our ...
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a small dwarf galaxy called IC 3430 that’s located 45 million light-years away. This galaxy is classified as both a dwarf galaxy, because of its small ...
Hubble’s updated view of NGC 3370, richer in light and detail than ever before, deepens our understanding of both the galaxy and the cosmos itself. This new Hubble Picture of the Week highlights a ...
Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951. Located in the Virgo constellation, NGC 4951 is located roughly 50 ...
'The apparent graininess of the image is actually swarms of countless stars.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A nearby galaxy is ...