The Hubble Deep Field, shown here, is a patch of sky in the constellation of Ursa Major the Great Bear. It was originally chosen because it was an empty and apparently blank patch of sky - so no ...

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

Astronomers are celebrating the completion of a 2.5-billion-pixel panoramic picture of the entire Andromeda Galaxy. The team includes several UC Santa Cruz researchers who made significant ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a view of three stars lighting up ...

Cosmic Leviathan: A galaxy cluster, resembling a submerged sea monster, distorts spacetime around it, as captured by the ...

The Hubble Telescope has spotted an unusual spiral galaxy – 76 million light-years away – that resembles an eye ...

The stars aligned for the planetarium's dome to become the backdrop for four readings of 'REDshift,' by playwright Chalmers ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Astronomers estimate 50,000 sources of near-infrared light are ...

In a newly shared image, NASA has uncovered a unique view of our solar system's largest planet. The picture, snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals Jupiter shining in ultraviolet light.

He thought these might be clues to galaxy evolution—but the answer had to wait for the Hubble Space Telescope's legendary Hubble Deep Field in 1994.

Some space images have become timeless icons of our exploration of the cosmos. Take the famous photo of the Pillars of Creation, or Hubble’s Deep Field Image, for instance — this colorful ...