The Sombrero galaxy, named for its resemblance to the Mexican hat, is about 30 million light-years from Earth.
Imagery of Saturn captured by the James Webb Space Telescope is superimposed over an image captured by Hubble. "Yellows represent bright and warm parts of Saturn’s atmosphere, while the purple areas ...
A fascinating new study has shed light on the mysterious interiors of Uranus and Neptune, two of the least explored planets ...
A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from a passing spacecraft.
Galaxies far, far away have been brought up close and personal through an absorbing 360-degree experience now showing at the ...
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft took off in April to investigate Europa, Callisto and Ganymede followed by NASA's Europa Clipper probe to study Europa up close. Both the missions ...
New research reveals Earth likely had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago. Now scientists say this could point to ...
To see the planet's blue-green hue, which is caused by the absorption of sunlight from methane gas, you'll need a small ...
From 520 light-years away, astronomers have caught a glimpse of a nascent massive world still embedded within its star’s protoplanetary disk.
The nearby star Vega, featured in the 1997 movie Contact, appears to have a smooth disk devoid of giant planets for reasons ...
Here are seven of the most beautiful images of Saturn, as captured through the lens of NASA's groundbreaking missions.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of galaxies from a time when the Universe was less than a billion years ...