Using NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, astronomers found the cosmic object in an unexpected place.

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 ...

This image shows a narrow galaxy curving around its companion, forming a rare cosmic arc. This image, captured by Hubble, reveals GAL-CLUS-022058s, nicknamed the "Molten Ring". This image shows the ...

Near the constellation Leo, JWST turned its gaze slightly aside. In the dim stars of Sextans, it spotted something ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

If you ever want to get a bit of perspective, there's very little that's more humbling than a good deep field image – and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years of groundbreaking discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on ...

Learn how Hubble is measuring the expansion rate of the Universe in this new explainer from NASA's Goddard Space Flight ...

Missing some cosmic intervention in your life lately? How about bringing the cosmos to your fingertips? You can perhaps bring ...

It is a small area of the sky, equivalent to holding a square of one millimeter by one millimeter at arm’s length. But tens ...

Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe.

In the summer of 1995, Robert Williams, then director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which manages the Hubble ...