"Starburst galaxies birth lots of hot blue stars that burn fast and die quickly in explosions that unleash intense ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

The emission nebula, known as Sh2-284, is an immense region of gas and dust that fuels new star formation. It lacks elements ...

NASA's James Webb telescope has captured an incredible image in its 'best ever detail' - but something about the discovery is ...

Hubble’s latest image reveals the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a nearby dwarf galaxy visible from Earth without a telescope.

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

A professor who created a crucial part of the Hubble Space Telescope has been ... Greenpeace, New Scientist, Aardman Animations and Spitting Image. The Duke of Edinburgh has also been made a ...

Six overlapping observations taken using the Hubble Space Telescope at both visible and infrared wavelengths were combined to create the new mosaic image.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A section of active star formation within the emission nebula Sh2-284, located 15,000 light ...

Also joining the RSE’s 2025 new fellows is David Field, chief executive of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, which runs both Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park. He previously served ...