Telescopes

The Hubble Space Telescope has been taking an extended look at a spiral galaxy to help astronomers make improvements in measuring vast cosmic distances.NGC 7038 is an enormous, oval-shaped spiral galaxy with four blue spiral arms…

A team of astronomers used three NASA space telescopes to create a composite image of the remains of a supernova that reveals details about the star’s death. A supernova remnant called SNR 0519-69.0 (SNR 0519 for short) is what…

Scientists on Tuesday published the latest images from NASA’s triumphant James Webb Space Telescope. The newest release documents the Cartwheel galaxy, which is about 500 million light-years from our planet and is aptly named for its…

The release of five historic photos taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the attention of the public, drawing awe on social media over NASA’s latest advancements and countless reposts of pictures depicting white…

With the release of the James Webb Space Telescope's first images on July 12 (and a sneaky reveal by US President Joe Biden on July 11), NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency proved the $10 billion, 1-million-miles-from-Earth, two…

Our planetary neighborhood is a fascinating place, with each world exhibiting its own unique identity. Whether it's the phases of Venus, great storms in the Jovian cloud tops, or the enchanting rings of Saturn, there's so much variety…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Nearly six months after the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have started receiving images from the powerful telescope, showing the far reaches of the universe. NASA…

South Africa’s MeerKAT telescope. Credit: South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO)An international team of astronomers has combined the power of 64 radio telescope dishes for the first time to detect the faint signatures of…

There’s a revolution underway in astronomy. In fact, you might say there are several. In the past ten years, exoplanet studies have advanced considerably, gravitational wave astronomy has emerged as a new field, and the first images of…

NASA held a press conference Monday morning to discuss the precise alignment of the Webb Space Telescope and the spacecraft’s upcoming scientific operations. The space agency also released images from the telescope that put Webb’s…