Space exploration also helps us understand the building blocks of the universe by studying cosmic phenomena like black holes, ...

James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.

Leo P, a galaxy once dormant, has reawakened to form stars again, offering new clues about the universe's earliest galaxies.

In the years following the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the universe. But only one galaxy stands out as the most important nearby ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in observations..

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared glow of an ancient supernova's light echo, revealing unprecedented 3D details of interstellar dust and gas. The space between stars is ...

"We think every dense, dusty region that we see, and most of the ones we don't see, look like this on the inside — we just ...

Though space is chock-full of interstellar medium, it tends to be invisible unless lit up by a celestial spotlight. Sometimes ...

The shells of carbon-rich dust are expanding outward into space at the breakneck velocity of 1,600 miles per second.

How do images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear so colorful, and where do the colors come from?

Beyond making missions safer, this tech also improves the experience for engineers back on Earth, helping them understand the ...

An international team of scientists has produced the clearest three-dimensional view yet of the Ring Nebula—one of the night ...