On May 20, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope sent its first image to Earth. This photo turned out to be 50% sharper than ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

H3+, known as "the molecule that made the universe," plays a crucial role in interstellar chemistry and the birth of stars.

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

The image shows clouds of dust and gas located near the Tarantula Nebula ... though — that’s why instruments like the James Webb Space Telescope operate in the infrared portion of the spectrum ...

Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the ...

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, affecting science. The scientists behind NASA's largest and most powerful ...

The Tarantula Nebula sounds like it would be ... Compare this to what the James Webb Space Telescope saw in 2022. Some early views of 30 Dor highlight the nebula's spidery spindles of dust ...

Hubble Space Telescope image of the colorful clouds of gas and dust near the Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud about 160,000 light-years from Earth. . | Credit: ESA/Hubble ...