On Dec. 15, 1612, the Andromeda galaxy was seen through a telescope for the first time by a German astronomer named Simon Marius. The Andromeda galaxy is the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way, and ...

In the years since, researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed that the current expansion rate, called the Hubble constant, is faster than what standard cosmology models estimate ...

A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, known as NGC 5643, is located roughly 40 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lupus.

New Hubble Space Telescope images of a black hole-powered quasar reveal 'weird' structures and gigantic jets of energy that scientists are just beginning to explain. Nearly 35 years after its ...

This is all within 16,000 light-years of the black hole." The Hubble Space Telescope has stared deeper into a quasar than ever before, discovering "weird" features in its vicinity. Quasars are the ...

Image source: Britannica When you think of Hubble, the iconic Hubble Space Telescope likely comes to ... when he observed the Andromeda Nebula. By identifying a Cepheid variable star, he proved ...

Most galaxies fall into these basic types. However, NGC 4694 has properties of both types, complicating its classification, Hubble Space Telescope team members explained in a description of the image.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope image of the Coma galaxy cluster (main) and stock image of the James Webb Space Telescope. The JWST has confirmed the Hubble's estimates of the rate of expansion of ...

The same goes for the LMC and the SMC. A brand new study based on Hubble Space Telescope observations has thrown weight behind our galaxy's reputation as a bully, showing that the size of the LMC ...