Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of ...

See amazing views of the M74, NGC 7496, IC 5332, NGC 1365, and NGC 1433 galaxies captured using the James Webb Space Telescope.The Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby Galaxies (PHANGS) ...

A nova is a massive, temporary star explosion caused when a dense white dwarf star pulls material from a nearby star, setting ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of three nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths, giving them a first look at star formation, gas and dust. Data has ...

A ground-based telescope in Chile has shared its highest-resolution image ever, showcasing the final stages of star evolution within our galaxy 1,350 light-years from Earth. The telescope is ...

Astronomers have captured unprecedented, detailed images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their ...

Astronomers have captured unprecedented, detailed images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their ...

The highest angular resolutions for telescopes can be achieved by arrays of telescopes called astronomical interferometers. Hypertelescopes are being worked on that would combine many, many telescopes ...

According to the widely accepted Rayleigh criterion, in order to resolve two distant point sources, their angular separation must be larger than 1.22 (the wavelength of light divided by the ...

A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...

Modern technology is amazing: where humans see an unchanging void in the depths of the universe, space telescopes are capable ...