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The iconic "Cosmic Cliffs" image captured by the Webb Telescope was turned into a 3D fly-through, revealing a stunning stellar nursery.
When the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were released in 2022, one in particular became instantly iconic: a striking orange and blue view of the Carina Nebula, affectionately known ...
The new 3D visualization also highlights other fascinating features within the Cosmic Cliffs. Bright yellow streaks and curved arcs are visible, representing powerful outflows from young stars that ...
On May 11, 2009, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on the fifth and final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Travel back 390 million years after the big bang to the ancient Maisie's Galaxy in this stunning 3D visualization that ...
When life gets too hectic, some folks turn to slow TV for a spot of meditative distraction. It might be a view of the passing ...
In the summer of 1995, Robert Williams, then director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, which manages the Hubble ...
At the Paranal Observatory, the UT4 telescope doesn't just stargaze—it actively creates its own stars using powerful lasers ...
Once a year, this planet passes through a celestial beehive typically seen in the night sky during the spring. And it's about ...
The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.
The U.S. Space Force is keen to add to its arsenal a spacecraft that would essentially serve as the cosmic equivalent of an aircraft carrier. Appropriately known as an "orbital carrier," the large ...