The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Sombrero galaxy with its MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), resolving the clumpy nature of the dust along the galaxy’s outer ring. The ...

A gorgeous new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a bustling region of star formation at the distant edge of the Milky Way. Called, dramatically enough, the Extreme Outer Galaxy, this ...

An artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope observing the cosmos 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA-GSFC / Adriana M. Gutierrez (CI Lab) The far outskirts of our galaxy are teeming ...

These six images help us understand more about outer space; a few of them were also part of a physics programme that helped ...

Space scientists have captured a startling new image of the so-called Sombrero galaxy. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature, CFD news ...

Astronomers have directed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists call this region the Extreme Outer Galaxy due to its location more than 58,000 ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers traced how Milky Way–like galaxies formed and changed over time.

"Even if old, NGC 1386 keeps rejuvenating itself." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have spotted thousands of young ...

Scientists have traced a repeating fast radio burst (FRB) to the edge of an ancient galaxy where star formation has drastically dropped. Researchers are struggling to explain what caused it. When you ...

Scientists used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to examine select star-forming areas in the Extreme Outer Galaxy in near- and mid-infrared light. Within this star-forming region, known as Digel ...