This process won't be complete for many millions of years — until then, Queen Berenice II will have to suffer the knots in ...

Despite the lack of a dedicated mission to the planet, scientists have learned plenty through ground observations and space ...

Pocock, who has worked on the JWST, catalogues the science behind its most stunning images in her new book, Webb's Universe. Here's her pick of the telescope’s best shots ...

Data collected by Hubble has also revealed a live Type I supernova called SN 2017GAX, which can be seen tucked just below the ...

The James Webb Telescope (JWT), launched in December 2021, has reshaped our understanding of the universe in ways that many ...

Astrophysicists from Durham University have developed a new model to estimate the likelihood of intelligent life forming in ...

Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial ...

Explore these orbiting pioneers and learn what they've discovered. 3 min read The Hubble Space Telescope was designed to free astronomers of a limitation that has plagued them since the days of ...

Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a breathtaking close-up of one of the most dynamic star systems in our galaxy, located approximately 700 light-years away. The binary star system ...

Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, it boasts a Wide-Field Instrument, providing a field of view 100 times greater than the Hubble Telescope. This allows it to scan enormous sections of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused ...