Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy. When you purchase ...

NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) captured amazing views of star-forming region NGC 604. It is located about 2.73 million light ...

Observations of Jupiter on December 12 highlight the reappearance of Ganymede from occultation, with specific timings for eastern and western U.S. observers, alongside visibility details for other ...

First image from Vera C. Rubin telescope reveals a previously unverified feature of galaxy M61 that may explain its mysterious properties. Mere months after its long-awaited debut, the Vera C. Rubin ...

Dave Eicher, Editor Emeritus for *Astronomy* magazine, encourages evening skygazers to observe the Pinwheel Galaxy. The Pinwheel Galaxy is also known by its alternative designation, the Triangulum ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos Damond Benningfield In 1930, Albert Einstein met with astronomers (including Edwin Hubble, at Einstein's left, back row) at Mount ...

Hubble’s latest look at Messier 96 reveals a warped spiral galaxy glowing with rings of stellar birth. The new details shed light on how stars emerge and influence their surroundings. The lopsided ...

Behind the dusty clouds of the Cigar Galaxy lies a dazzling powerhouse of star formation, where stars are being born ten times faster than in the Milky Way. Astronomers using the Hubble Space ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of a galactic tug of war. Located 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo, the ...

A century ago, Edwin Hubble began the race to the edge of the cosmos. On a snowy New Year’s afternoon in 1925, on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., astronomer Henry ...