A stunning composite image of the Crab Nebula combines X-rays from Chandra (blue and white), optical data from Hubble (purple), and infrared data from Spitzer (pink). This image from NASA's Spitzer ...

A galaxy cluster allowed to spot a record number of stars. Source: NASA James Webb Space Telescope has managed to capture ...

Unless one is a scientist or a teacher of the sciences, it would be understandable if a person may not be familiar with ...

Taking advantage of a cosmic 'double lens,' astronomers resolved more than 40 individual stars in a galaxy so far away its light dates back to when the universe was only half its present age.

The galaxy Dragon Arc was observed along the line of sight to the galaxy cluster Abell 370, which acts as a cosmic magnifying glass.

Photos from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed more than 40 stars within the gravitationally lensed "Dragon Arc" ...

A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the ...

Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope can observe some incredibly distant galaxies, stretching all the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a unique image that revealed 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light ...

More than 40 new stars have been discovered - thanks to a telescopic magnification trick. It is believed to be the first time so many stars have been identified in one cluster. Physicists studying a ...