The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

Astronomers using the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to survey distant galaxies spotted an unusual, chance phenomenon ...

Scientists have developed an impossibly thin telescope lens that addresses a key astronomical challenge in a new study funded ...

After more than a decade mapping out our home galaxy, the Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into "retirement ...

The Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor (LUVOIR) telescope has been imagined as a habitable planet hunter, but it could be so much ...

In January, the European Space Agency (ESA) shut down Gaia's science operations, as the spacecraft's fuel reserves were ...

NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet. Hints of auroras were first ...

The site was chosen for its altitude, placing the telescope above as much atmospheric disturbance as possible. The air has a ...

Astronomers have identified a bright hydrogen emission from a galaxy in the very early universe. The surprise finding is ...

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

Experts are not sure why Neptune's auroras can be seen around the planet's "mid-latitudes," and not the north and south poles ...

The next partial eclipse will happen in the early hours of March 29, with it being visible mostly in the northeast starting ...