A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga ...

Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for ...

In a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a galaxy named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat appears more like an archery target. In Webb’s mid-infrared view of the ...

Dark nebulae are cold clouds of cosmic dust ... tracing the wolf's ghost-like presence in the sky is only possible because it contrasts with a bright background. This image shows in spectacular ...

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And in post-processing, background extraction and ... and star clusters are visible naked-eye, and bright stars and planets can cast shadows. The strangest thing about being at a dark-sky site is that ...

Fittingly nicknamed the Dark Wolf Nebula, this cosmic cloud was captured ... s ghost-like presence in the sky is only possible because it contrasts with a bright background. This image shows ...

Sunday, November 24 Venus lingers long after sunset in the last weeks of the month, now setting nearly three hours after the ...

Each evening these next few weeks, the sky brings us the brightest gems that shine beyond our solar system. Jupiter also will ...

I'd often spot a star in the sky at night and say: "Wow, that one is so bright!" Then, eventually ... The Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud, or LMC and SMC, are two satellite galaxies ...

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