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Ring galaxy with two small spiral galaxies to the left in red, blue, and yellow in a James Webb Space Telescope composite image

Space Telescope

JWST’s latest snap captures the glimmering antics of the Cartwheel Galaxy

By Purbita Saha

GLASS-z13 galaxy glowing red in hazy yellow stars from the James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam

Space Telescope

Astronomers are already using James Webb Space Telescope data to hunt down cryptic galaxies

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Starry valley of Carina Nebula against dust and light on a bluish universe in a James Webb Space Telescope image

The James Webb Space Telescope’s first glimpses into deep space reveal 4 mind-blowing finds

By Maria Parazo Rose

Rogue black hole in Milky Way galaxy in an artist's rendition

‘Rogue black holes’ might be neither ‘rogue’ nor ‘black holes’

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

The Gaia space observatory traveling the Milky Way in an artist's rendition

See the stars from the Milky Way mapped as a dazzling rainbow

By Purbita Saha

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will look for dark energy and matter.

Space Telescope

In NASA’s new video game, you are a telescope hunting for dark matter

By Tatyana Woodall

a purple spiral cluster galaxy with a bright center. a white streak points straight up

NASA recorded a black hole’s song, and you can listen to it

By Tatyana Woodall

a space telescope with a large gold mirror made of many hexagons

Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to start blowing our minds

By Tatyana Woodall

Starburst galaxy in pastel colors in Hubble composite image

The most distant galaxy we’ve ever discovered might have closely followed the Big Bang

The star, called 2MASS J17554042+6551277, imaged with a red filter to optimize visual contrast.

Space Telescope

A fully aligned James Webb Space Telescope captures a glorious image of a star

Travel to another galaxy with this vibrant 3D map of the cosmos

Space Telescope

Travel to another galaxy with this vibrant 3D map of the cosmos

By Leto Sapunar

Three galaxies forming a gassy swirl in a Hubble Space Telescope image

Space Telescope

See Hubble’s captures of real-life star wars

By Purbita Saha

The Henize 2-10 starburst galaxy

Black holes have a reputation as devourers. But they can help spawn stars, too.

Amorphous blob bubble with purple bright clusters near the edges and a bright spot in the middle as a 3D rendering

Astronomers just mapped the ‘bubble’ that envelopes our planet

By Tatyana Woodall

A shooting star in a purple, blue, and yellow night sky over water

Real shooting stars look a lot different than you’d expect

By Idan Ginsburg / The Conversation

The galaxy cluster known as RBS 797

NASA’s Chandra spacecraft spies clover-shaped voids left by supermassive black holes

By Leto Sapunar

Astronomers may have found a galaxy that formed without dark matter

Astronomers may have found a galaxy that formed without dark matter

By Leto Sapunar

Astronomers spot first planet outside the Milky Way

Astronomers spot first planet outside the Milky Way

A trio of galaxies swirl around each other.

Space Telescope

See galactic triplets play tug-of-war in Hubble’s latest snapshot

By Erin Fennessy

A bluish planet floats in space without a star to orbit

Space Telescope

Scientists discovered four new Earth-sized rogue planets with no suns

The Milky Way Galaxy

The ‘double-disk’ shape of the Milky Way could be common across galaxies

By Charlie Wood

The Starburst Galaxy M82

Tiny galaxies may have brought the cosmos out of the dark ages

By Charlie Wood

Interacting galaxies seen among stars through a telescope

Behold six galactic collisions, masterfully captured by Hubble

By Jessica Boddy

Three people watching the night sky while sitting on a hay bale in a field

These ghostly circles in the sky came out of nowhere

By Ray Norris/The Conversation

a panoramic of the milky way

Meet the disk-shaped halo of hot gas you currently live in

By Kate Baggaley

An artists interpretation of microquasar SS 433 and Fermi J1913+0515.

These two celestial bodies share a heartbeat, puzzling scientists

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

Artist’s impression of the thin stream of stars torn from the Phoenix globular cluster, wrapping around the Milky Way (left). Astronomers targeted bright red giant stars (artist’s impression, right) to measure the chemical composition of the disrupted Phoenix globular cluster.

A local stellar graveyard could reveal our galaxy’s beginnings

By PopSci Editors

NGC 2275, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

Space Telescope

Hubble just captured this ‘fluffy’ galaxy in all its flocculent glory

By Candice Wang

These anaglyph images can be viewed with red-blue stereo glasses (or 3D glasses) to reveal the stars' distance from their backgrounds. On the left is Proxima Centauri and on the right is Wolf 359.

NASA’s New Horizons is so far away, it’s seeing stars from new angles

By Candice Wang

A webby, pink-and-orange mock-up of what the universe might look like.

Lowly slime molds are helping us map out the cosmos

By PopSci Editors

galaxy illustration of weird orbiting objects

There’s a bizarre group of shapeshifting objects at the center of the Milky Way

By Charlie Wood

artist's interpretation of the milky way with radcliffe wave

The biggest gaseous structure in our galaxy is filled with baby star factories

By Charlie Wood

an image of stars in the center of hte milky way captured by ESO astronomers

There’s an ancient starburst in the heart of the Milky Way

By Jessica Boddy

An illustration of the voyager spacecraft leaving the heliosphere

Voyager 2′s journey beyond the solar system reveals new cosmic secrets

By Charlie Wood

There’s a chance the black hole at the center of our galaxy is actually a wormhole

There’s a chance the black hole at the center of our galaxy is actually a wormhole

By Charlie Wood

What shape is the universe?

What shape is the universe?

By Rachel Feltman

A flashing mystery is unfolding at the center of the Milky Way

A flashing mystery is unfolding at the center of the Milky Way

By Charlie Wood

This mind-blowing 3D map reveals the Milky Way’s perplexing curves

This mind-blowing 3D map reveals the Milky Way’s perplexing curves

By Charlie Wood

an illustration of the milky way galaxy in space

The Milky Way has a long history of cosmic cannibalism

By Neel V. Patel

an illustration of the milky way galaxy in space

We may finally have a way to weigh the Milky Way

By Neel V. Patel

River of stars map galaxy Gaia discovery

Astronomers found a stream of thousands of stars hiding in the Milky Way

By Neel V. Patel

milky way curved

The Milky Way is warped, but astronomers still aren’t sure why

By Neel V. Patel

a large spiral galaxy next to a smaller ball of light in space

The Milky Way could crash into another galaxy way sooner than we thought

By Neel V. Patel

How many stars are there in the whole galaxy?

How many stars are there in the whole galaxy?

By Kate Baggaley

Recent intergalactic flashes might help solve this great astronomical mystery

Recent intergalactic flashes might help solve this great astronomical mystery

By Charlie Wood

A tiny galaxy almost collided with the Milky Way and astronomers can see the effects

A tiny galaxy almost collided with the Milky Way and astronomers can see the effects

By Charles Q. Choi

A massive, murky void in space has surprisingly few galaxies

A massive, murky void in space has surprisingly few galaxies

By Mary Beth Griggs

It’s rude to ask a galaxy’s age. Luckily, its shape offers a clue.

By Charles Q. Choi

Gravity and good timing helped the Hubble spot a star from the early universe

Gravity and good timing helped the Hubble spot a star from the early universe

By Mary Beth Griggs

Why a galaxy with no dark matter could make it hard to prove there’s no dark matter

Why a galaxy with no dark matter could make it hard to prove there’s no dark matter

By Mary Beth Griggs

It turns out our galaxy isn’t as special as we thought

It turns out our galaxy isn’t as special as we thought

By Mary Beth Griggs

Scientists found something surprising at the heart of these jellyfish galaxies

By Mary Beth Griggs

Smile for the Hubble

Space Shots: The Universe’s Best Images

By Popular Science Team

four supernovas

Space Telescope

A warp in space-time just gave us four views of one exploding star

A ‘bridge of stars’ connects two of our closest galaxies

A ‘bridge of stars’ connects two of our closest galaxies

Here’s a tiny slice of the largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos

Here’s a tiny slice of the largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos

By Sophie Bushwick

The 12 craziest Hubble pictures of all time

Space Telescope

The 12 craziest Hubble pictures of all time

In a galaxy far, far away

Could This Be The Most Powerful Supernova Ever Seen?

By Mary Beth Griggs

Gravitational Lens Splits Supernova’s Light 4 Different Ways

Space Telescope

Gravitational Lens Splits Supernova’s Light 4 Different Ways

Supermassive Black Hole Found Farting A Trillion Suns’ Worth Of Energy

Supermassive Black Hole Found Farting A Trillion Suns’ Worth Of Energy

Researchers Discover An Ancient Replica Of Our Solar System

Researchers Discover An Ancient Replica Of Our Solar System

Ask Anything: Why Is The Milky Way A Spiral?

Ask Anything: Why Is The Milky Way A Spiral?

By Daniel Engber

Farthest-Ever Confirmed Galaxy Offers Glimpse Of Early Universe

Space Telescope

Farthest-Ever Confirmed Galaxy Offers Glimpse Of Early Universe

By Francie Diep

Conscientious Galaxy Uses All Its Fuel To Make New Stars, Leaving No Waste Behind

Conscientious Galaxy Uses All Its Fuel To Make New Stars, Leaving No Waste Behind

By Rebecca Boyle