As telescopes peer into the universe, they sometimes see quirks of nature that magnify faraway objects. These eight galaxies recently imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear stretched, ...
Astronomers have long sorted galaxies into types based on their visible structure. Spiral galaxies, like our Milky Way, have a flat disk, winding spiral arms and ongoing star formation. Ellipticals ...
Hubble Space Telescope can "only see the universe in shades of grey," according to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Learn how the imagery is processed into amazing color views of the cosmos. Credit ...
The algorithm models the blurring incurred by Earth's atmosphere and counteracts it, producing sharp and clear images.
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is poised to tell us whether Earth-like planets are common—if it can get off the ground ...
Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...
Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency's Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from ...
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope has revealed that our Milky Way galaxy has a giant wave rippling outwards from its centre. The unexpected galactic ripple is illustrated in this ...
Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we decipher the universe through its light — its color, intensity, rhythm and ...
Hopkins applied mathematicians, astronomers develop method to render images from ground-based telescopes as clear as those taken from space ...
A space professor who helped design a groundbreaking satellite has said it will "profoundly change our understanding of the universe". The Euclid satellite, launched by Elon Musk's Space X company, ...
This article, originally titled "The Man Who Discovered the Universe," is from the Summer 2025 issue of Air & Space Quarterly, the National Air and Space Museum's signature magazine that explores ...