Kohoutek 4-55 is a dazzling planetary nebula captured in vivid color by the Hubble Space Telescope. Formed by the dramatic death of a giant star, this cosmic cloud glows with energized gases and ...

This pair of interacting galaxies is listed as number 148 in Arp’s catalog of peculiar galaxies. NGC 6052, found in the constellation Hercules and located around 230 million light-years from Earth, is ...

With its origins tracing back to the 1970s, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery on ...

Until they age out of their nursery, those stars will hang out in NGC 346, a majestic stellar cradle. The Hubble Space Telescope has captured that cradle in dazzling detail, rivaling even the James ...

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the Powers of 10 video, which came out in the 1970s. Perhaps you remember it, with the ...

A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms.

Explore the cosmos through 7 breathtaking quasar images captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, revealing unprecedented ...

NASA's Hubble has captured stunning images of NGC 4941, revealing details of star formation, helping scientists understand ...

The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) telescope took its ...

SPHEREx, NASA’s new space telescope, just opened its eyes to the universe and delivered its very first images from space.

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The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.