A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...

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A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using microlensing, astronomers spotted the pair moving at over 1.2 million mph.

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, ...

Arp 282: This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope feels incredibly three-dimensional for a piece of deep-space imagery. The image shows Arp 282, an interacting galaxy pair composed of the ...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features Arp 72, a very selective galaxy group that only includes two galaxies interacting due to gravity: NGC 5996 (the large spiral galaxy) and ...

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

This Hubble image shows part of planetary nebula Caldwell 2 (NGC 40). Gas is expanding from the central star, which is at the ...

Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, where high concentrations of gas and dust coalesce to form a baby ...

See composite views of the Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. The galaxy is 500 million light years ...

NASA has captured breathtaking images of seven rare and stunning interacting galaxies, showcasing cosmic collisions, ...

Scientists have identified a colossal superstructure of dark matter, marking a significant advancement in cosmological research ...