The elliptical galaxy NGC 4660 is one of a hundred galaxies imaged by Hubble that are members of the nearest large galaxy cluster to Earth, the Virgo Cluster. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has ...

This image of the Andromeda Galaxy, captured by the Herschel Space Observatory, reveals a detailed view of cool lanes of star formation.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recently made observations about galaxy clusters that will help shape our ...

NASA has captured six stunning and rare images of galaxies, showcasing their unique shapes and formations. Among them are ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an ...

New findings explain the Phoenix cluster's mysterious starburst. Data confirm the cluster is actively cooling and able to generate a huge amount of stellar fuel on its own.

Astronomers spent a decade compiling this special image with the Hubble Space Telescope and then stitched together 600 photos to showcase over 200 million stars.

This image was created by combining data from three major observatories: NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space ...

Where is all the water that may form oceans on distant planets and moons? The SPHEREx astrophysics mission will search the ...

Joining it's twin to continue decades of research mapping the height of the Earth's oceans, the Sentinel 6B satellite is set ...