But when astronomers look at distant galaxies billions of light-years away, individual stars can appear fuzzy – blended as their light travels great distances to reach us on Earth. For that ...

The first test images from a groundbreaking observatory named for trailblazing astronomer Vera Rubin have captured the light from millions of distant stars and galaxies on an unprecedented scale ...

Dark matter clumps could act as stellar lampshades, drifting between Earth and distant stars, dimming them by an almost imperceptible amount, a new study suggests. If this idea is correct, such ...

Breaking News Space Largest camera ever built captures eye-popping images of millions of distant stars and galaxies By Chris Nesi Published June 23, 2025, 4:28 p.m. ET ...

The most powerful telescope to be launched into space has made history by detecting a record number of new stars in a distant galaxy. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, history's largest and most ...

The Webb Space Telescope captured a record-breaking image of stars in the Dragon Arc, a serpentine crescent of a galaxy in the distant universe. The galaxy is a whopping 6.5 billion light-years ...

When Distant Stars Explode, They Might Change Earth's Climate, and Scientists Say It Could Happen Again The climate of Earth has always been molded by powerful forces.

NASA researchers got a rare chance to study Uranus' atmosphere and rings this month, when the ice giant passed between Earth and a distant star, creating a "stellar occultation." ...

NASA's powerful Webb Telescope has spotted more than 40 ancient stars in a distant galaxy, researchers said in a new study. The study, published Monday in Nature, said the researchers used a ...

Four different views of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star HD 135344B that reveal swirling, vortex-like structures. Such vortices can trap dust and trigger instabilities that help ...

Dark matter clumps could act as stellar lampshades, drifting between Earth and distant stars, dimming them by an almost imperceptible amount, a new study suggests.