How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

The stars aligned for the planetarium's dome to become the backdrop for four readings of 'REDshift,' by playwright Chalmers ...

The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye ...

What better way to end than with some examples of said beauty and utility? After all that reading, we'll leave you with a few glamour shots of our favorite nebula: Messier 16, better known as the ...

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 ...

Cosmic Leviathan: A galaxy cluster, resembling a submerged sea monster, distorts spacetime around it, as captured by the ...

A hazy Nebula: This new image from Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 showcases ... anniversary in space the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope took this amazing and colourful image of the ...

Released in December 2011, this vibrant Hubble image was created by combining visible and near-infrared light collected by the telescope's Wide Field Camera 3. The light emitted by hot hydrogen ...