With NASA’s operations under existential threat from the Trump administration, maybe it’s not surprising that the agency will ...

Space telescopes are typically optimized either to study a small patch of the sky across many wavelengths of light or to ...

NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye but can be used to ...

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The three-dimensional view will help scientists learn more about the origins of life in the Milky Way galaxy and how the ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has gotten a rare peek at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve ...

Our universe is filled with galaxies, in all directions as far as our instruments can see. Some researchers estimate that ...

NASA has completed assembling the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, a powerful infrared observatory set to scan vast cosmic regions, raising anticipation about what it may soon uncover about dark energy ...

The Roman telescope promises to provide a clearer picture of the large-scale structure of the universe and the forces shaping ...

Christmas-themed imagery knows no bounds, not even in space. NASA has drawn comparison between a celestial formation and a holiday wreath, referring to the recently spotted star and dust cloud cluster ...

This image depicts star cluster NGC 602 in vibrant and festive colors. The cluster includes a giant dust cloud ring, shown in greens, yellows, blues, and oranges. The green hues and feathery edges of ...

To mark Halloween, NASA has released a spooky image of what it describes as a “ghostly cosmic hand.” It actually shows MSH 15-52, a cloud of energetic particles that resembles a human hand. NASA’s ...