This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy SDSS J1226+2152, which is being magnified and distorted by the immense gravity of a galaxy cluster in front of it. It is one of four distant ...

Twenty years later, the SDSS telescope turned once again to the star – "this time in technicolor," say SDSS. The SDSS Milky Way Mapper program observed the star’s spectrum, which measures how ...

An international team of astronomers has employed the MeerKAT radio telescope to investigate giant radio galaxies in the ...

At left, the quasar SDSS J165202.64+172852.3 is highlighted in a Hubble Space Telescope image taken in visible and near-infrared light. The images on the right and at bottom present new ...

According to Mike Engesser of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), the object is extremely bright compared to the rest of the galaxy. And Webb observed the galaxy, called SDSS.J141930.11 ...

Hubble spots a pair: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope made an unexpected and rare discovery, a pair of gravitationally bound ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of merging galaxies II ZW 96. The merger is located 500 million light ...

A recent cosmic discovery reveals a black hole tearing apart one star and hurling its remains at another. This event links ...

From celestial fireworks caused by exploding stars to mesmerizing mosaics of distant nebulae, check out these 7 stunning ...