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 ...

But the answer had to wait for the Hubble Space Telescope’s far vision in the legendary Hubble Deep Field in 1994. The most impactful ... is now known as the Hubble Constant. Andromeda image courtesy ...

"The protostars are midway down the path to becoming mature stars." Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the ...

A newly released Hubble pic shows the galaxy LEDA 22057, where the supernova explosion occurred. The spiral galaxy's swirling ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula (Messier 42, M42). Just 1,500 light-years away ...

The magnificent Andromeda galaxy (Messier 31), stands out as the most important nearby stellar island to our Milky Way, and ...

NASA celebrates Edwin Hubble's discovery of a new universe Date: January 15, 2025 Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Summary: For humans, the most important star in the universe is our Sun ...

In commemoration of Edwin Hubble's discovery of a Cepheid variable class star, called V1, in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy 100 years ago, astronomers partnered with the American Association of ...

"The biggest surprise was seeing the distinct spiral shape in the Hubble Space Telescope images. At first I was worried I had made an error," said Achenbach. This galaxy still has the spiral arms ...

This image shows N90, where bright young stars carve a cavity, with distant galaxies tinted reddish-brown by dust creating a stunning cosmic backdrop. This Hubble image reveals the Horsehead ...