A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps ...

ESO Observations Help Almost Fully Rule out 2024 YR4 Asteroid Impact Feb. 25, 2025 — New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's ...

The universe is an endless source of fascination. Observing celestial bodies brings a sense of wonder and discovery. However, ...

Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] For over two decades, astronomers have been perplexed by the existence of planetary-mass ...

How did the universe begin? A compact NASA space telescope that uses less power than a refrigerator is poised to chip away at that very large question. Called SPHEREx, and set for launch on a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured images in the near-infrared wavelength range of the region near the Trapezium Cluster in the Orion Nebula. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Deep in ...

Questions that have long eluded astronomers could finally be answered with the launch of an advanced space telescope NASA has spent years developing. Once in orbit, the instrument known as SPHEREx ...

Deep in space, mysterious wanderers roam freely — of planetary masses yet not hosted by stars. These celestial nomads, called ...

14 million years ago, the solar system passed through the so-called Orion star formation complex ... to data from the revolutionary Gaia space telescope. The precise information on the movement ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...

The best telescopes allow you to observe the full planetary parade more closely and give you a front-row seat to the total lunar eclipse on 13-14 March. The best telescopes unlock the wonders of ...