Origin & Evolution of the Universe
How are we made of star stuff? Well, the important thing to understand about this question is that it’s not…
Swift launched into orbit on Nov. 20, 2004, as NASA’s Swift Gamma-ray Observatory. In 2018, NASA renamed the spacecraft in…
Processed with rainbow hues to represent a range of infrared wavelengths, the new pictures indicate the astrophysics space observatory is…
Editor’s note: This story was updated March 11, 2025, to reflect a new target launch date and time. NASA’s latest…
This is the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the neighboring…
This is the largest photomosaic ever made by the Hubble Space Telescope. The target is the vast Andromeda galaxy that…
In the years following the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have tallied over 1 trillion galaxies in the…
In commemoration of Edwin Hubble's discovery of a Cepheid variable class star, called V1, in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy 100…
Compass and scale image titled "Cepheid Variable Star V1 in M31 HST WFC3/UVIS." Four boxes each showing a bright white…
