Instead of using thrusters, SPHEREx relies on a system of reaction wheels to control its orientation. The observatory will ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image that incorporates six different ...

Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos and our planet. In photos Don Pettit brought a photographer’s eye to orbit, capturing the artistry of the cosmos ...

The Rho Ophiuchi nebula system is the closest star-forming region to Earth, and as such has come under the scrutiny of both ...

Physicists captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The pictures reveal correlations among the 'free-range' particles that until now were predicted but never directly ...

However, not all spiral galaxies are created equal, as two recent images from the Hubble Space Telescope show. The image above shows galaxy NGC 3596, a neat and orderly spiral galaxy. And the image ...

Using cutting-edge theoretical models and data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have transformed ...