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When I was in grade school I was fascinated by the world’s largest telescope: the 200-inch-diameter Hale Reflector on Palomar Mountain near San Diego. What a behemoth! At the time I enjoyed using a ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured an amazing view of the iconic Hubble Ultra Deep Field using its MIRI ...

After 35 years, the Hubble Space Telescope is still churning out hits. In just the last year or so, scientists have used the school bus–sized observatory to confirm the first lone black hole, reveal ...

“What is the difference between a mountain and a pebble when it’s whizzing by at 210,000 kilometers per hour?” For astronomers that have been monitoring the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the reply is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A STS-125 crewmember aboard the space shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble ...

A new image has revealed the clearest glimpse yet of an interstellar visitor zipping through our solar system. The Hubble Telescope and its Wide Field Camera 3 got an incredible view of the comet ...

Hubble captured a breathtaking view of NGC 6000, a spiral galaxy where blue newborn stars shine beside golden, aging ones. The image also reveals traces of ancient supernovae still glowing faintly ...

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 ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The Andromeda galaxy is the galaxy next door, a very faint, fuzzy thing ...

Dusty gas clouds sparkle in the Large Magellanic Cloud. What might look like sparkling wisps of candy floss, or cotton candy, are dusty gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy, as ...