A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

James Webb Space Telescope reveals how Helix Nebula's stars end their life, showing colourful nebulae formed by dying stars ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, ...

The latest image from the Hubble Space Telescope turns a quiet patch of sky into a spectral scene, revealing a so‑called “Ghost Nebula” where a dying star is shedding its outer layers into space. The ...

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The comet broke into pieces after making a close approach around the sun in October 2025.

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...

Euclid's view of the Horsehead Nebula (all images courtesy ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) This first ...

It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like this before.

PHOENIX — A billionaire-backed philanthropic organization is funding the development of a series of new observatories, including a space telescope larger than Hubble that its backers say can be built ...