The rare cosmic phenomenon, called an Einstein ring, occurs when massive objects can bend light due to their gravitational ...

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a stunning photograph of an Einstein ring. The European Space Agency (ESA) and ...

The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other. An elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy appear as one celestial body as a ...

HH 49/50 is one of these impact sites. It was nicknamed the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its dramatic, swirling shape. Spitzer's ...

you can still see bright star clusters in the galaxy's stretched spiral arms. An Einstein ring recently captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: ESA / Webb / NASA / CSA / G. Mahler ...

Webb’s exquisite details reveal a chance, random alignment of a protostellar outflow and a distant spiral galaxy. When we ...

Webb has filled in many gaps left by Voyager 2, the only spacecraft to visit the planet. In 2022, the telescope captured ...

"We report the discovery of one of the most distant galaxies known to date," astrophysicist Joris Witstok told Newsweek.

Just about everyone has heard of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope — not too surprising considering that it has been with us for ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

SPHEREx is somewhat similar to the Webb telescope as it also observes the universe in infrared light, which is invisible to the eye but can be felt as heat. With its six detectors, it can break down ...

An elliptical galaxy (at center ... it where the spiral arms have been stretched into circles. The James Webb Space Telescope data used in this image was taken as part of the Strong Lensing ...