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New Hubble Telescope image of Saturn reveals mysterious features

February 14, 2023

New Hubble Telescope image of Saturn reveals mysterious features

Strange spokes are seen on a new image of Saturn captured by the Hubble Space Telescope team at NASA. The Voyager mission first observed the spokes in the early 1980s.

Hubble Space Telescope reveals stunning star-studded cluster

February 9, 2023

Hubble Space Telescope reveals stunning star-studded cluster

A recent Hubble Space Telescope image reveals a view of the star-studded open cluster NGC 376, which is located in the Small Magellanic Cloud nearly 200,000 light-years away.

Webb Space Telescope reveals stellar clusters from distant galaxies

February 8, 2023

Webb Space Telescope reveals stellar clusters from distant galaxies

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope have helped scientists to examine compact structures of star clusters inside distant galaxies for the first time.

Webb Space Telescope 'unexpectedly' finds its smallest asteroid yet

February 7, 2023

Webb Space Telescope 'unexpectedly' finds its smallest asteroid yet

The James Webb Space Telescope may have accidentally discovered an asteroid that NASA says is likely the smallest observed to date by the $10 billion-dollar observatory.

Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning new image of Tarantula Nebula

February 4, 2023

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.

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

February 3, 2023

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.

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

February 3, 2023

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.

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

February 2, 2023

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.

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

February 1, 2023

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

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

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

January 20, 2023

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.