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

Video of the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. The camera pans along the Andromeda Galaxy's vast disk which is over 200,000 light-years across. (Credit: ...

For humans, the most important star in the universe is our sun. The second-most important star is nestled inside the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is known for looking deep into the universe with an unprecedented level precision and sensitivity. But its images aren't only scientifically useful — they're ...

Hubble beholds brilliant blue star cluster: NGC 2031 contains a sizable population of Cepheid variable stars (at least 14), which are stars that brighten and dim periodically. The stellar grouping ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is known for looking deep into the universe with an ...

The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI), the primary instrument aboard NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is a 300-megapixel visible and infrared camera that will allow scientists to perform ...

Edwin Hubble's discovery of the expanding universe transformed cosmology, revealing countless galaxies and laying the ...