Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory ...

With a spectacular array of galaxies and nebulas, the ambitious telescope begins its 10-year survey of the cosmos.

To make this thousand-color map, astronomers used over 50 hours with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer ( MUSE) instrument ...

Hubble Space Telescope's 35th anniversary: See NASA's new out-of-this-world images The Hubble Space Telescope, launched 35 years ago, has blown our minds with its striking images of far-away ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows Arp 107, home to two merging galaxies, with two bright cores and a "bridge" of dust and gas forming a cosmic smiley face.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen, with features appearing like grains and knots found in a cut of wood. "Once upon a time ...

Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. Jupiter's dazzling auroras are hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth, new images from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal ...

The Sculptor galaxy is similar in many respects to our Milky Way. It is about the same size and mass, with a similar spiral ...

The so-called "Extremely Large Telescope" is being built on a mountaintop in the Andes at an elevation of about 3,000 meters. And it really is extremely large. The primary mirror will be 39 meters ...

The Kepler Space Telescope, named for astronomer Johannes Kepler, was NASA's first exoplanet hunting telescope. It launched on March 6, 2009, with the goal of observing more than 100,000 stars in ...