The galaxy NGC 941 was imaged by the Subaru Telescope at the summit of Maunakea, Hawai'i.

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered through cosmic dust to reveal new details and a stunning image of a rare type of galaxy. The space observatory's latest image shows the Cartwheel galaxy, a ...

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 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 ...

The first test images from a groundbreaking observatory named for trailblazing astronomer Vera Rubin have captured the light from millions of distant stars and galaxies on an unprecedented scale — and ...

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 ...

New images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory give galaxy clusters a bold new splash of color, highlighting the beauty of these cosmic giants. Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the ...

Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in a new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951. Located in the Virgo constellation, NGC 4951 is located roughly 50 ...

Spiral galaxy NGC 628, located 32 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces, as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in near- and mid-infrared light. The red and orange spirals ...

Most galaxies in the universe glow brilliantly over cosmic time and space. However, a unique type of galaxies remains virtually invisible: low-surface-brightness galaxies dominated by dark matter and ...