It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before.

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...

New data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows where crystalline silicates form around young stars and how disk outflows transport them to colder, outer regions.

Using the Subaru Telescope's wide-field camera, astronomers have discovered a previously unknown structure surrounding a tiny ...

With the help of the Hubble Space Telescope, we can now see the most beautiful pictures and patterns present in space that ...

Scientists have spent six years building a sophisticated simulation system that creates "pixel-perfect" data that mimics what the telescope will see at a pixel level to test the Chinese Space Station ...

Euclid's view of the Horsehead Nebula (all images courtesy ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) This first ...

"It's a bit like a boat moving through water." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers and scientists love Betelgeuse because ...

The latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope turns a quiet patch of sky into a spectral scene, revealing a so‑called “Ghost Nebula” where a dying star is shedding its outer layers into space. The ...

NASA's nearly complete Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has made another set of critical strides toward launch. This fall, the outer portion passed two tests—a shake test and an intense sound ...