Since the discovery of planetary nebulae in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that these expanding shells of glowing ...

Very massive stars are cosmic "rock stars" that live fast, die young and leave black holes in their place. During this transformation, they may vomit out more stellar material than we knew.

This detailed image of a famous supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus is the hauntingly beautiful swan song for a massive star.

The scene pictured here is on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula, the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local universe.

Kentucky is the first state in the U.S. to capture high-resolution aerial images of its entire geography.

More information: Gabriel Ramos-Llordén et al, Ultra-high gradient connectomics and microstructure MRI scanner for imaging of human brain circuits across scales, Nature Biomedical Engineering (2025).

Webb's NIRCam instrument was used to look at this particular area of the Cat's Paw Nebula, which just scratches the surface of the telescope's three years of groundbreaking science.

County cancer diagnosis speeded up by high-res skin imaging Health bosses say that a new local teledermatology service is continuing to speed up cancer diagnosis across the county.