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The image captures HE0435-1223, one of the best lensed quasars, with four bright images formed by a foreground galaxy. This gravitational lensing effect creates a stunning celestial arrangement. The ...

The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas.

NASA has captured six stunning and rare images of galaxies, showcasing their unique shapes and formations. Among them are ...

This side-by-side image compares the resolution of a distant galaxy imaged by the Spitzer Space Telescope in the near-infrared, left, to a simulated image from the Webb telescope. Disclaimer ...

Today, after 16 years of exemplary service, NASA will officially deactivate the Spitzer Space Telescope ... Ursa Major to providing the first images of Saturn’s largest ring, it’s difficult ...

"We are literally mapping the entire celestial sky in 102 infrared colors for the first time in humanity's history." ...

There is a lot of complicated but beautiful physics in understanding how this explosion takes place,” says Purdue University astronomer Danny Milisavljevic, who led the team behind the JWST images.

Its images were superior to those of Earth ... The group also includes the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Spitzer is an infrared orbiting telescope that can detect ...

This image of the Andromeda Galaxy, captured by the Herschel Space Observatory, reveals a detailed view of cool lanes of star formation.

Since its launch in August 2003, says Robert Kennicutt, an astronomer at the University of Arizona, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope "has opened up half the universe to us." In the process ...

The Spitzer Space Telescope mission will soon end, and NASA is using this as an opportunity to celebrate all the success the telescope has enjoyed during its lengthy tenure in space. In a new post ...