Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

The detection of ultra-high-energy gamma rays ... messengers that have spawned a new field of astronomy c... NASA has shared a stunningly colourful image that shows a region in outer space where ...

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released on ...

A newly released Hubble pic shows the galaxy LEDA 22057, where the supernova explosion occurred. The spiral galaxy's swirling ...

"The biggest surprise was seeing the distinct spiral shape in the Hubble Space Telescope images. At first I was worried I had made an error," said Achenbach. This galaxy still has the spiral arms ...

This image shows N90, where bright young stars carve a cavity, with distant galaxies tinted reddish-brown by dust creating a stunning cosmic backdrop. This Hubble image reveals the Horsehead ...

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

This stunning image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, features G35.2-0.7N, a region renowned as a hub for high-mass star formation. Pillars of Creation: This features a region of star ...

Quasars are distant galaxies with supermassive black holes, surrounded by ... NASA's Hubble Tracks Down a 'Blue Lurker' Among Stars Jan. 13, 2025 — The name 'blue lurker' might sound like a ...

A deep field image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI | mash mix: Space.com Music: Tranquil Dawn by Amber Glow / courtesy of ...