You can make the case that none of them are in true color. But then again, if they were, they’d be unable to reveal the true ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is investigating the Flame Nebula, hunting for "failed stars" to better understand how brown ...

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning and fashionable sight: the Sombrero Galaxy, named for its resemblance to the traditional Mexican hat. With its wide, flat shape ...

Spherex (the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) will survey ...

The Flame Nebula, located 1,400 light-years from Earth, is a region where many stars are forming and is less than a million ...

Astronomers have discovered what they believed to be a rare stable trio of gravitationally bound Kuiper Belt objects, ...

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On Oct. 1, 1847, at age 29, Maria Mitchell, a studious and sturdy Quaker who, as a child, began sweeping the sky above ...

A stunning Hubble image showcases a spiral galaxy seemingly intertwined with a nearby star—but looks can be deceiving! This ...

A newly identified Kuiper Belt trio, possibly only the second of its kind, could provide strong evidence that these distant ...

Scientists have discovered a potential three-body system in the Kuiper Belt, the Altjira system, challenging planet-formation theories.

The Kuiper Belt is a vast region beyond Neptune filled with icy remnants from the early solar system. Over 3,000 KBOs have ...