On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon Marius. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The Andromeda ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has turned its sharp eye toward a ghostly swirl of stars and gas known as the "Lost Galaxy," given ...

There may be no enterprise that lends itself so well to the camera as space travel. The universe is a riot of color and light ...

Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 ...

Every now and again, a stellar object is caught zooming across space like a white rabbit, extremely late for a very important ...

Recently NASA's telescope has captured these amazing pictures of galaxies that will take your breath away. These beautiful ...

James Webb Space Telescope confirms the first runaway supermassive black hole in the Cosmic Owl galaxy, observing its tail and bow shock, providing direct evidence of black hole ejection during galaxy ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has released detailed plans for a major survey that will reveal our home galaxy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. The Hubble Space Telescope revisited the nearly edge-on Sombrero Galaxy ...

Located around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, the Sombrero Galaxy is instantly recognisable. Viewed nearly edge on, the galaxy’s softly luminous bulge and sharply outlined ...

This is an artist’s impression of JADES-GS-z14-0, which as of today is the most distant confirmed galaxy. Galaxies in the early Universe tend to be clumpy and irregular. Supernova explosions in this ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released an awe-inspiring new image of the iconic Sombrero Galaxy, known formally as Messier 104. The image was published as part of the 35th anniversary ...