NASA's Hubble Finds Bizarre Explosion in Unexpected Place and Gemini South Captures Cosmic ‘Finch’

NASA’s Hubble Finds Bizarre Explosion in Unexpected Place and Gemini South Captures Cosmic ‘Finch’

A very rare, strange burst of extraordinarily bright light in the universe just got even stranger – thanks to the ...
STScI: Webb Reveals New Structures Within Iconic Supernova

STScI: Webb Reveals New Structures Within Iconic Supernova

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has begun the study of one of the most renowned supernovae, SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A) ...
STScI: Neptune's Disappearing Clouds Linked to the Solar Cycle

STScI: Neptune’s Disappearing Clouds Linked to the Solar Cycle

Astronomers have uncovered a link between Neptune's shifting cloud abundance and the 11-year solar cycle, in which the waxing and ...
STScI: Hubble Sees Boulders Escaping from Asteroid Dimorphos

STScI: Hubble Sees Boulders Escaping from Asteroid Dimorphos

The popular 1954 rock song "Shake, Rattle and Roll," could be the theme music for the Hubble Space Telescope's latest ...
STScI: Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars

STScI: Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars

From our cosmic backyard in the solar system to distant galaxies near the dawn of time, NASA’s James Webb Space ...
STScI: Saturn’s Rings Shine in Webb’s Observations of Ringed Planet

STScI: Saturn’s Rings Shine in Webb’s Observations of Ringed Planet

Saturn itself appears extremely dark at this infrared wavelength observed by the telescope, as methane gas absorbs almost all of ...
STScI: Webb Makes First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule

STScI: Webb Makes First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule

A team of international scientists has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new carbon compound in space ...
Thousands of bright points of light on a black background fill the field of view. They appear somewhat more concentrated near the center of the image. They have a variety of colors, with the most prominent stars appearing blue or yellow-orange. The brighter stars also display four diffraction spikes.

STScI: NASA’s Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet ...
STScI: Webb Looks for Fomalhaut's Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More

STScI: Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More

Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order ...
STScI: Webb Reveals Never-Before-Seen Details in Cassiopeia A

STScI: Webb Reveals Never-Before-Seen Details in Cassiopeia A

The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind can be even more ...
STScI: Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail of Stars

STScI: Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail of Stars

There's an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar ...
STScI: NASA's Webb Measures the Temperature of a Rocky Exoplanet

STScI: NASA’s Webb Measures the Temperature of a Rocky Exoplanet

An international team of researchers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to measure the temperature of the rocky exoplanet ...