Since the galaxy is larger than the Hubble Space Telescope's finite field of view, the new image is actually a mosaic, sewn together from several observations. That way, scientists can digest the ...

The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

From spellbinding images to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, we look back on some of Hubble's most exciting milestones.

The new image is an up-close view of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's nearest neighbors. The Hubble Space Telescope has ... Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument ...

Astronomers have a lot of thoughts about the latest paper claiming we’ve found the strongest hints of alien life yet on the distant planet K2 18b.

Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC ... Using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling stars. The image features ...

Then, in 2021 the James Webb Space Telescope was launched. Like everyone in his field, he knew ... identified by NASA’s Kepler space telescope in 2015. Twirling 124 light years away, K2-18b ...