Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star ...

The game-changing Vera Rubin Observatory will collect more astronomical data in its first year than all other telescopes ...

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New near-infrared observations by the James Webb Space Telescope highlight a tightly packed group of stars at the peculiar ...

A team of astronomers have put together the largest, most detailed map of the universe ever created – and you can explore it ...

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NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have been used to study a cluster of stars, nicknamed “Nikhuli," that may be acting as a black hole "delivery system." Credit: NASA/CXC/A. H ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured imagery of Jupiter and its Great Red Spot in 2023 and 2024. Credit: NASA, ESA, J.

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NASA’s car-sized Perseverance rover has been roaming the surface of Mars for four years, drilling into the alien soil to ...