The world's greatest space telescopes have all been round. Now, a new rectangular design could turbocharge our search for ...

In this video, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully recreates Hubble's most famous image, showcasing stunning ...

The repeated bursts of gamma rays were detected over the course of a day, according to scientists. That’s highly unusual ...

On 18 June 1983, Space Shuttle Challenger prepared for launch. STS-7 was Nasa's seventh Shuttle mission for the world's ...

In 2024, the re-release of Christopher Nolan’s science fiction epic Interstellar was a theatrical sensation, quickly becoming ...

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 ...

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 ...

This powerful side-by-side comparison shows just how bright a star explosion is. Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a before-and-after image of a star exploding brightly. With the images ...

Hubble’s newest view of the spiral galaxy NGC 2835 adds a stunning twist to a familiar sight. By capturing light in a special wavelength called H-alpha, astronomers have revealed glowing pink nebulae ...

Hubble has taken the clearest image to date of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which is racing through our solar system at 130,000 miles per hour. Astronomers are using Hubble and other telescopes to ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that a seemingly ordinary white ...