In a close-up of the Rosette Nebula — a stellar nursery 5,200 light-years away — dark clouds of gas and dust are seen being carved by radiation from massive stars. A young star at the upper right is ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a rare "Einstein ring," revealing two distant galaxies in an optical illusion ...

"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...

The photos capture both our neighboring planets and galaxies far, far away in a stunning release to celebrate one of NASA’s ...

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

Webb has two decades ahead of it, but it's already captured some stunning images. Here are 35 of our favorites.