NGC 7293, aka the Helix Nebula, is located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, and belongs to a class ...

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began science operations, astronomers have observed galaxies that existed more ...

Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of "hidden" galaxies that could hold the key to ...

A fog of long-wavelength infrared light could be produced by dusty, star-forming galaxies that have remained hidden — until now, that is.

Astronomers may have uncovered a hidden population of galaxies that could rewrite what we know about the universe's evolution ...

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop.

Hubble’s 1990 launch was followed by that of Compton (1991), which observed gamma rays, Chandra (1999), which studies X-rays, and Spitzer (2003), the infrared telescope. Compton fell to Earth in ...

A powerful “Cosmic Tornado” has received a high-definition glow-up thanks to NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The new look at Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50) released today also answers a ...

Webb's penetrating infrared gaze has now revealed the true identity of the glow as a face-on, distant spiral galaxy. It has a ...

(NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NASA-JPL, SSC) READ MORE: NASA SPHEREx will map the cosmos to unlock its deepest mysteries Webb and Spitzer are both infrared telescopes, capable of gathering wavelengths ...

Webb observed the scene in the infrared. NASA said in a statement it was "a lucky alignment" of the two unrelated objects. NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope captured the same shot in 2006 ...