Using ESA’s X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton, astronomers have spotted for the first time an enigmatic cloud of high-energy particles called a wind...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 1854, a globular star cluster in the southern constellation of Dorado.
This image shows NGC 1854,...
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) has snapped its first photo of the Red Planet.
ExoMars acquired its first image of Mars on June 13. The line-of-sight...
This new image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts blue stars in the constellation of Sagittarius.
This image, taken with the Advanced...
Hot, Jupiter-sized extrasolar planets often have cloud or haze layers in their atmospheres, and this may prevent astronomers from detecting atmospheric...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of UGC 4879, the most isolated dwarf galaxy in the periphery of the Local Group of...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the Universe is expanding between 5% and 9% faster than previously calculated.
Cosmic...
Astronomers from ESA’s Herschel mission have released a series of stunning maps of star-forming regions in the Milky Way’s Galactic plane.
The emission...
NASA has released an absolutely outstanding photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of a colorful collection of stars in the constellation of Scorpius.
This...
ESA’s Rosetta orbiter has detected volatile glycine and phosphorus in the fuzzy atmosphere of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The Rosetta spacecraft...
Using data from three of NASA’s space observatories — the Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of an enormous group of galaxies in the constellation of Leo.
This Hubble image shows...
On May 12, 2016, the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this incredible photo of Mars, when the planet...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the lenticular galaxy NGC 5308.
This Hubble image shows the lenticular galaxy NGC...
The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped photos of a periodic comet called 252P/LINEAR.
This Hubble Space...
This new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is likely the best of the grand-design spiral galaxy NGC 6814.
This Hubble image shows NGC 6814,...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking new photo of a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 4394.
This Hubble image shows NGC 4394, a barred...
Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a tiny, dark moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake, one of several dwarf planets...
