Hats Off to NASA's Webb: Sombrero Galaxy Dazzles in New Image

In a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a galaxy named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat appears more like an archery target.

Pushing Webb to Its Limits May Have Revealed Earliest Galaxies

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began science operations, astronomers have observed galaxies that existed more than 13 billion years ago.

New NASA Space Telescope Unveils Its First-Ever Images

NASA's new infrared space telescope, SPHEREx, is designed to give us unprecedented insights into the evolution of the Universe.

Astronomers Discover "Space Tornadoes" Around the Milky Way's Core

An international team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered a surprising new filamentary structure around the Mikly Way's core.

Radio Telescopes Are Revealing a Trove of Faint Circular Objects in The Sky

Radio astronomers see what the naked eye can't. As we study the sky with telescopes that record radio signals rather than light, we end up seeing a lot of circles.

Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia

The European Space Agency's Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of about two billion stars and other objects over the last decade.

Here's what the James Webb telescope has found in just 3 years

The James Webb Space Telescope is celebrating three years from its launch. Its discoveries have already changed our understanding of the early universe.

Black Hole Jet Stumbles Into Something in the Dark

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found an unusual mark from a giant black hole’s powerful jet striking an unidentified object in its path.

Galaxy-Sized Gravitational Wave Detector Reveals 'Hot Spot' of Activity

Using the largest gravitational wave detector ever made, we have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the Universe is constantly vibrating.

Astronomers create first detailed map of sun's coronal magnetic fields

Researchers at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory have successfully mapped the magnetic fields of the sun's atmospheric corona.

Astronomers track bubbles on star's surface in most detailed video yet

For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a star other than the Sun in enough detail to track the motion of bubbling gas on its surface.

25 Images to Celebrate NASA's Chandra 25th Anniversary

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its launch, NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory is releasing 25 never-before-seen views of a wide range of cosmic objects.

JWST Discovers a Super-Jupiter: Its First Directly Imaged Exoplanet

Using JWST, astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet; a gas giant they've named Eps Ind Ab.

Astronomers Reveal Stunning Image of Baby Star Coming Into Existence

james Webb Space Telescope continues to revolutionise astronomy - it now shows the birth of a star. The star is named L1527, and at this young age, it's still ensconced in the molecular cloud that spawned it.

Stunning New Image of Triple-Star System Gleaming in Space

Another amazing image has been released that shows the triple-star system HP Tau, HP Tau G2, and HP Tau G3. HP Tau is so young that it hasn't started to fuse hydrogen yet and is only 10 million years old!