The super-bright galactic core is powered by quasar 3C 273, first discovered in 1963. A brand-new Hubble image delivers an incredible view of a quasar, enabling the space telescope to …
In 2025, we might detect the first signs of life outside our solar system. Crucial to this potential breakthrough is the 6.5-meter-diameter James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Launched aboard an …
UGC 10043 Space telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope typically capture head-on images of galaxies, showing them in all their frame-filling glory. However, Hubble imaged its latest …
NGC 1672, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope continues to churn out fantastic space images. The latest captured by the 34-year-old telescope shows barred …
As scientists use the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to answer some of the Universe’s most pressing questions, they’ve also uncovered new questions, including literal question mark-shaped cosmic …
The Hubble Space Telescope hovers at the boundary of Earth and space. Taken in 1997 after its second servicing mission. NASA’s iconic Hubble Space Telescope has been going into protective …
Billionaires are having a moment with space right now. Elon Musk with SpaceX, Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin, even Richard Branson with Virgin Galactic — all the rich folks are …
IRAS 16562-3959, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble used its Wide Field Camera 3 and four different filters to collect the data for this image. | Credit: ESA/Hubble …
Galaxy AM 1054-325 has been distorted into an S-shape from a normal pancake-like spiral shape by the gravitational pull of a neighboring galaxy, seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image. …
The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of much of the irregular galaxy ESO 245-5. The Hubble Space Telescope’s new Picture of the Week shows a remarkably dense field of …