Ahead of schedule and under budget, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch in early September. The mission aims to ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched nearly five years ago, and the first images it revealed made waves across the astronomical world. Those images are still among the most relevant pictures ...

JADES-GS-z14-0, the farthest known galaxy, has oxygen, a heavier element than scientists would expect to find just 300 million years after the Big Bang. Credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser illustration ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the light of a star that exploded when the universe was still in its cosmic youth, revealing both the blast itself and the fragile galaxy that hosted it. By ...

April 2026 marks 36th birth anniversary of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Launched in 1990, this telescope is a milestone for ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Part of the world’s biggest mega-science facility – the SKA Observatory – is being built in outback Western Australia. After decades of planning, countless hours of work, and more than a few setbacks, ...

The big picture: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope recently managed to capture imagery of the oldest and farthest known supernova explosion – an event that occurred when the universe was just 730 ...