These images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite show the before and after of the massive slab of ice that broke away from the Brunt Ice…
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Hubble Space Telescope snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus). Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray, E. Sabbi, Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu A…
An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of diverse ices in the darkest regions of a cold molecular cloud measured to date by…
This Hubble Space Telescope image features the bright variable star V 372 Orionis and its smaller companion in the upper left. Both are located in…
In the world’s first test of asteroid deflection, Hera will perform a detailed post-impact survey of the target asteroid, Dimorphos – the orbiting Moonlet in…
One year ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted, causing widespread destruction to the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga, spewing volcanic material up to 58…
Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2023), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Europe has kicked off the new year with an intense winter…
This Hubble Space Telescope image includes a host of astronomical objects. Strewn across the image are background galaxies ranging from stately spirals to fuzzy ellipticals.…
Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy LEDA 48062 in the constellation Perseus. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Tully This image from the NASAEstablished in 1958,…
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 6355, globular cluster that lies less than 50,000 light-years from Earth. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, E. Noyola, R. Cohen…
Hubble Space Telescope image of spiral galaxy ESO 415-19, , which lies around 450 million light-years away. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy…
This infrared image of the Orion Nebula features plenty of dust but no stars. In these infrared wavelengths, it’s possible to see hot spots where…
Hubble Space Telescope image of open cluster NGC 6530. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, O. De Marco, Acknowledgment: M. H. Özsaraç This image from the…
Artist’s conception of the Webb Telescope in space. Credit: NASA Astronomers report the most distant known galaxies — detected and confirmed by the James Webb…
Hubble Space Telescope image shows a small portion of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Nota, G. De Marchi This image from…
Hubble Space Telescope image of supernova remnant DEM L 190. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. Kulkarni, Y. Chu In this image from the NASAEstablished in…
View of the Moon seen from ESA’s European Service Module that is powering NASA’s Orion spacecraft to the Moon and back, on flight day nine…
Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy merger Arp-Madore 417-391, which lies around 670 million light-years away. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA, J.…
[embedded content]Credit: ESA & NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that…
A small, dense cloud of gas and dust called CB 130-3 obscures the center of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble,…