The latest Hubble Space Telescope observations reveal a twist in the story of Uranus's moons. Rather than the expected radiation “sunburn,” the moons Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon seem to…
A black hole 11.6 billion light years from Earth has unleashed a compelling jet, according to new observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very…
Astronomers have seen the most energetic cosmic explosions yet, a new class of eruptions termed "extreme nuclear transients" (ENTs). These rare events occur when stars at least three times more massive than…
About 46 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Leo (the Lion), sits a lonely elliptical galaxy known as NGC 3607, shown here in a new image from the NASA/ESA…
X-ray is a very common method that almost every individual is well aware of. However, ever wondered what an X-ray of the Milky Way would look like? Or is that…
The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating 35 years in orbit with an amazing batch of new images, including everything from seasonal changes on Mars to a moth-shaped planetary nebula and…
A significant advancement has been made at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory with the successful installation of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Camera. This camera, the largest digital imaging…
New images from the now-decommissioned Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) provide the most precise glimpse yet of the universe just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. These images of the cosmic…
Astronomers have identified the smallest and faintest galaxy ever observed, located approximately 3 million light-years away. This discovery challenges existing theories on galaxy formation, as such tiny galaxies were expected…
NASA's latest infrared space telescope, SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), is set for launch on 28th February. The mission, valued at…