Fully understanding how a rocky planet becomes habitable and remains so is a fundamental challenge for planetary scientists and astrobiologists, given...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have produced an outstanding image of the spiral galaxy ESO 422-41, which is found in the constellation...
A set of 632 main-belt asteroids (178 previously known and 454 unknown objects) has been identified in the archival images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected methane emission from CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3 (W1935 for short), an isolated...
Pluto’s surface is dominated by the huge, pear-shaped basin Sputnik Planitia. It appears to be of impact origin, but modeling has not yet explained its...
In August 2021, the ESA/JAXA Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft performed its second flyby of Venus and provided a short-lived observation of its induced...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a picture of the bright barred spiral galaxy NGC 3783, which is found in the constellation...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of the spiral galaxy IC 4633.
This Hubble image shows IC 4633,...
Using data from ESA’s Characterising ExOplanet Satellite (CHEOPS) and several other ESA and NASA missions, astronomers have detected signs of the rainbow-like...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured a new image of the central starburst region of Messier 82 (M82, NGC 3034 or...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured a spectacular image of I Zwicky 18 (I Zw 18 for short), the archetypal extremely...
A duo of planetary scientists from Brown University and the SETI Institute has found that the Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth, which was the target...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have collected information on almost 500 stars as part of the Ultraviolet Legacy Library of Young...
This amazing view of a pair of spiral galaxies called Arp 72 is a violent collision happening in slow motion, according to the Hubble team.
This image...
Jets emerge from the cocoon of the multi-star system FS Tau in the new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
This Hubble image shows FS Tau,...
On March 25, 2024, Hanjie Tan, an astronomy Ph.D. student in Prague, Czech Republic, spotted a comet in an image from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric...
Using data from ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, planetary scientists have created the 1:30000 scale geological...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a detailed image of NGC 1651, a globular cluster located in the constellation of Mensa.
This...
