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JWST NIRCam image of Cas A supernova remnant

The newest infrared image of Cas A offers a fresh view — and new details

A multi-wavelength photograph of of the galactic center, containing the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), and the young, target star cluster, IRS13. The image also shows foreground and background objects.

Exotic Objects, Milky Way, Science

Astronomers study an unlikely stellar fountain of youth

The constellation Orion

Upcoming Events

The famous star Betelgeuse will briefly disappear tonight

Exoplanets, Planets, Solar System, Stars

The Star of Bethlehem: Can science explain what it really was?

Travel southeast from Capella to capture Auriga’s targets. The chart at right zooms in on the Happy Face asterism.

Deep-Sky Objects

Binocular Universe: Winter’s first act

The Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357)

Exoplanets, Stars

JWST finds Earth-like planets can form in harsh galactic environments

Alpha Centauri (the yellow star just to the right of center) is the closest bright star to Earth. At 4.35 light-years away, on a scale model where Earth is the size of a bacterium, this star would sit 4.34 miles (nearly 7 km) distant.

Strange Universe: Empty conclusions

Dishes of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico line up beneath the starry sky. Radio waves are just one of the numerous signals from space that comprise the soundtrack of the cosmos.

Scientists search for the soundtrack of the universe

An artist’s impression of the disc and jet in the young star system HH 1177. Credit: The European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Exoplanets, Science, Stars

Astronomers discover disk around star in another galaxy for the 1st time ever

The Euclid image of the Horsehead Nebula, an iconic target for backyard astrophotographers and space telescopes alike. Credit: ESA.

Cosmology, Galaxies, Science, Stars

Euclid telescope releases first awe-inspiring images in dark universe hunt

A composite image of the Sun taken by ASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

Science, Solar System

The Sun: Facts, size, and fate of Earth’s blazing star

JWST image of the Pillars of Creation

If protostars aren’t yet generating light through fusion, how can JWST see them?