This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month brings us a scene from the distant universe. Pictured here ...

Galaxy filled image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope shows some 'stretched' and 'warped' galaxies as well as some appearing to repeat. In July 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — ...

Planets usually stay close to their host stars, tracing steady paths shaped by gravity. Yet some planets break free and drift alone through the Milky Way. Astronomers call these objects free-floating ...

Anyone who has ever measured something twice, like the width of a doorway, and gotten two different answers knows how annoying it can be. Now imagine you're a physicist, and what you're measuring ...

A group of astronomers have made history by capturing an image of a record number of stars from a time when the universe was half its age. The astronomers detected 44 stars in the "Dragon Arc" galaxy, ...

“The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility,” explains James Adam, astrophysicist at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa, and lead author of ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to begin operations in 2027, will revolutionize our understanding of dark matter by using gravitational lenses to study this mysterious force. By ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Gravitational lensing occurs when things with mass create ripples ...

Around 37,000 citizen scientists combed through 430,000 images to help an international team of researchers to discover 29 new gravitational lens candidates through Space Warps, an online ...

Using a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, it might be possible to use the sun as a gigantic telescope to peer deep into space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

It’s one of the most memorable moments of my career – and not in a good way. I was giving a talk to a room packed full of eminent astrophysicists, but there had been a bit of a childcare crisis, so ...