The James Webb Space Telescope’s first picture released to the public showed off thousands of galaxies. At first glance, the pinpoints of light shining in the blackness of space look like little stars ...

Appearing like twisted fireballs painting the sky, images of 19 face-on spiral galaxies in 11 constellations were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and publicly released this week.

The first images from the largest program in the James Webb Space Telescope’s first year show many types of galaxies, including dazzling examples of spiral galaxies, gravitational lensing, and ...

This week’s image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows an unusual type of galaxy named for its aquatic look-alike: a jellyfish. The jellyfish galaxy JO206 is shown below in an image taken using ...

As scientists continue learning more about how galaxies form, the James Webb Space Telescope is aiding their quest with new imagery of one being born “inside-out.” Researchers from the University of ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration released five stunning new images from the Hubble Space Telescope this week in honor of the telescope’s “galaxy week.” The images show various types ...

Mosaic images from the COSMOS-Web program offer a treasure trove of early galaxies. The first epoch of COSMOS-Web observations obtained with the NIRCam instrument on Jan. 5-6, 2023. Image credit: ...

Scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope release an image each week that the telescope has taken recently, and this week’s image shows a lenticular galaxy located 44 million light-years away ...

'The apparent graininess of the image is actually swarms of countless stars.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A nearby galaxy is ...