To celebrate the Hubble telescope’s 30th year in space, here are the ten most important pictures it took in 2020—and they’re all out of this world. Galaxy IC 5063 casts a long shadow ...

However, unlike most spiral galaxies, M33 lacks a central bulge, which would otherwise house a supermassive black hole. As a ...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Dr. Jennifer Wiseman explains the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the Pillars of Creation ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Also known as M31, Andromeda is the Milky Way’s closest major galaxy, measuring roughly 152,000 ...

Just when we think we’ve seen it all with astronomy photos, the Hubble Space Telescope takes our breath away yet again with a trip to a galaxy far, far away. I don’t know about you, but when ...

That's the surpising model revealed by comet LINEAR, whose dramatic demise was photographed late last month by the Hubble Space Telescope. A series of close-up images reveal that the comet left ...

The Triangulum Galaxy, the third-largest member of the Local Group of galaxies, is shining with star formation in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Our great telescopes are designed to complement each other, as shown last week when both Webb and Hubble ... composite images that combine data from both the James Webb Space Telescope and NASA ...

Recent research has cast doubt on the certainty of the Milky Way-Andromeda galaxy collision, suggesting the event may not be as inevitable as once thought. Traditionally, astronomers have ...

Birthday photo #24 ... born and dying. The Hubble team celebrated the telescope's sweet 16 with this image of Messier 82, a starburst galaxy where stars are being born 10 times faster than ...

The Hubble Telescope released its first image in May 1990, over 3 decades ago. The image, dubbed the “First Light”, showcases an area of the sky with a few stars.