Edwin Hubble's revelation in 1924 that the Andromeda Nebula was, in fact, an 'island universe,' was a pivotal moment in our ...

Vesto Slipher was not well known, but his groundbreaking observations helped uncover one of astronomy’s most fundamental ...

The Sombrero galaxy looks entirely different in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope. Instead of a Mexican hat, it ...

Infrared light reveals the galaxy to be a docile place, rather than the shining, roiling 'Sombrero' seen in visible light.

Webb’s Powerful Mid-Infrared Instrument Resolves Clumpy Nature of Dusty Disk Astronomers are known for their precision, but ...

Two different space telescopes have looked at the same galaxy, so you can see the difference in how they observe the universe ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured Hodge 301 which is a star cluster in the Tarantula Nebula, visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. The cluster and nebula lie about 168,000 light years away.

One of the greatest astronomer's, who changed our entire understanding of the universe, was born 135 years ago today ...

"For the first time, we have succeeded in taking a zoomed-in image of a dying star in a galaxy outside our own Milky Way." ...

This shot from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way ...

A side-by-side comparison of the photo with its predecessor from the Hubble telescope shows how clearer the newer telescope ...