Astronomers studying a rare Einstein Cross stumbled upon an impossible “fifth image” that shouldn’t exist — and it revealed ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a better way to enhance the clarity and detail of eye images used to diagnose disease by teaching artificial intelligence (AI) software the ...

A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), its beautiful images highlighting the intensity ...

Scientists have developed a lens-free mid-infrared camera using a modern twist on pinhole imaging. The system uses nonlinear crystals to convert infrared light into visible, allowing standard sensors ...

The precise imaging of many-body systems, which are comprised of many interacting particles, can help to validate theoretical ...

"Although traditional microscopes assume the sample is perfectly flat, real-life samples such as tissue sections, plant ...

The universe is a slow-changing place. While it's mostly true that the heavens and the deep-sky objects in it will look ...

The James Webb Space Telescope provides an unprecedented view of the places where planets are born: protoplanetary disks, true cosmic cradles. Located about 525 light-years away, in the ...

An inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build upon the authors' published claims. A condition of publication in a Nature Portfolio journal is that authors ...