Astronomy

Astronomy 22 hours ago

Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning new image of Tarantula Nebula

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning new image of the Tarantula Nebula, which lies 161,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Astronomy 1 day ago

Neil deGrasse Tyson says James Webb Space Telescope is window to universe 'never before achieved'

Neil deGrasse Tyson said that the James Webb Space Telescope has given scientists new abilities, including a means to look at the universe in a new way.

Astronomy 1 day ago

Webb telescope image captures stunning spiral galaxy over a billion light-years away

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope captured a large spiral galaxy located over a billion light-years from Earth, as well as additional smaller galaxies.

Astronomy 2 days ago

Astronomers find rare star system that will lead to gold-producing explosion

Astronomers at the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab announced the first confirmed detection of a star system that will one day form a kilonova explosion.

VIDEO 4 days ago

'Mysterious' flying spiral spotted by Hawaii's Subaru Telescope

A flying spiral was captured over Maunakea, Hawaii (Credit: NAOJ & Asahi Shimbun via Storyful)

AIR AND SPACE January 20

More than 3 billion stars, galaxies are captured in a massive new survey

Astronomers released a massive survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset reportedly contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects.

This Day in History January 7

On this day in history, Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system with 80 moons. Galileo was the first to discover the moons of Jupiter on this day in history, Jan. 7, 1610.

Year in Review December 30

2022 space stories that are out of this world

From the scientific discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope to the operation of the Perseverance rover, here are the year's most out-of-this-world space stories.

Astronomy December 28

Hubble images show stars in globular cluster gleaming with 'nebulosity'

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured two strikingly different images of the cluster NGC 1850, located 160,000 light years away in the constellation Dorado.

NASA December 17

Image from NASA's Webb telescope reveals early stellar formation in 'rare' find

NASA said that the James Webb Space Telescope team had discovered dozens of previously hidden energetic jets and outflows from young stars in the Cosmic Cliffs.