A newly reprocessed image released by NASA on April 18, 2025, showcases a towering 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and ...

Scientists have developed a breakthrough coronagraph that could finally allow us to see Earth-like exoplanets hidden in the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), launched in December 2021, has already provided humanity with breathtaking images of ...

Astronomers observe a planet disappearing. Collisions and bright flashes visible from Earth, what could have happened. Here's how a planet ceases to exist.

The fast-moving gas cloud could help explain the so-called missing satellite problem, if the object is what scientists think ...

The photo of a 9.5-light-year-long cloud within the Eagle Nebula celebrates the space telescope’s upcoming 35th birthday.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an unprecedentedly sharp image of planetary nebula NGC 1514, revealing ...

Webb witnessed a highly ionised gas whose level of energy was too high to come from something like supernovae, making ...

Rings of a dying star are revealed in the nebula NGC 1514. The Webb Telescope reveals a chaotic scene long hidden from view.

The new JWST observations resolve the pair of rings clearly and also show the clumps and filaments in more detail. Inside the rings is cloud-like material that appears turbulent, while just outside of ...

Looking for a really big story, I naturally headed for "Galaxies in Collision." Bradley Whitmore of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore brought us up to speed. We've known for a ...

A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the charming Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the ...