Called 3I/ATLAS, the object is only the third of its kind known to astronomers, and it’s likely been heading our way for billions of years, carrying pristine material from another star system Jay ...

Astronomers have discovered an incredibly rare system in which at least five galaxies from the early universe are merging — just 800 million years after the Big Bang. The remarkable discovery was made ...

Though NGC 7456 looks like a modest spiral galaxy, new Hubble and XMM-Newton observations reveal a bustling system with star-forming regions and an active core. The spiral galaxy NGC 7456 may appear ...

A comet known as 3I/ATLAS made news when it was confirmed to be the 3rd-ever object observed to have originated outside Earth's solar system. Though the object poses no threat to Earth, astronomers ...

A dazzling new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a bright spiral galaxy on a diagonal tilt, resembling a pendulum swinging back and forth through space. The galaxy, called IC 1954, is ...

Two more of NASA's space telescopes recently got another look at comet 3I/ATLAS, a captivating interstellar interloper that first captured the world's attention in July. The object – just the third ...

Webb, Hubble, and SPHEREx are joining forces to study the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing details about its structure and chemistry. The comet isn’t dangerous, but it’s offering scientists a ...

The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most famous scientific instruments that has ever existed. It’s given the world an unfathomable amount of data and allowed for never-before-imagined exploration ...

NASA successfully conducted ground tests simulating the deployment of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's solar panels and sunshade, verifying their functionality in preparation for launch. The ...

NASA released images of a butterfly in space this week. The images captured with the help of the James Webb Space Telescope don’t depict a monarch or a swallowtail, but they do show a protostar whose ...

It’s been over three full years since Nasa’s Webb Space Telescope began "unfolding the universe" as the space agency promised with stellar images and spectroscopy of other worlds. In July, NASA, the ...